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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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School attendence (US1970A_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 259
End: 259
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A443 US70A440">[15%]<br /><span class="em">20. Since February 1, 1970, has this person attended regular school or college at any time? </span><br /><div class="i1">Count nursery school, kindergarten, and schooling which leads to an elementary school certificate, high school diploma, or college degree.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] No<br />[] Yes, public<br />[] Yes, parochial<br />[] Yes, other private</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">"Do not count trade or business school, company training, or tutoring unless you think he could get credit for it at a regular school or college."</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in school
2 Yes, in school
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent attended school during a specified period.
Universe
United States 1970: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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