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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2000
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GHA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Ever attended school (full-time) (GH2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: GHA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GH00A416 GH00A417 GH00A418 GH00A419"><span class="h3">P12 Educational characteristics (Answer for persons 3 years or older)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A416">P12a Full time education: Has (name) ever attended/attending school now? (If P12a = 1, go to P13).<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never (go to P13)<br />[] 2 Now<br />[] 3 Past</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never
2 Now
3 Past
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">P12: Educational characteristics: Ask all persons 3 years or older</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GH00A416"><span class="em">P12a School attendance: Has (name) ever attended/attending school now?</span><br /><br />This question refers to full time education in an educational institution such as, nursery, kindergarten (pre-school), primary, middle, junior secondary, secondary, vocational, commercial or technical, senior secondary, teacher training college, university or similar type of school where a person spends or has spent at least four (4) hours a day receiving general education in which the emphasis is not on vocational skill or trade training.<br /><br />This definition excludes night schools, trade schools such as flair catering, motor driving schools, adult literacy school, etc. It also excludes on-the-job training establishments like National Productivity Institute, Auditor-General's Training School, Accountant-General Training School, Labour College, Commercial Bank Training School, etc. It excludes Arabic schools where only reading and writing of the Quoran are taught. This does not mean that schools where Arabic is taught must automatically be excluded because there are recognised schools where Arabic and other subjects are taught.<br /><br />Three Options: <span class="em">never, now, past</span> are provided for this question and you must write and mark <span class="em">only one</span> of them:<br /><div class="i1">a. Never - Write and mark X for box 1, if the person has never at any time received full-time education. If you mark never i.e. box 1 then skip to P13 without asking P12b and P12c.<br />b. Now - Write and mark box 2, if the person is still receiving full-time education at the time of the Census. It includes those who are on vacation at the time of the Census and would be going back to school.<br />c. Past - Write and mark box 3, if the person received full-time education in the past and is no longer receiving it.</div><br /></svar>

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Definition
This question refers to full time education in an educational institution such as, Nursery, Kindergaten (Pre-school), Primary, Middle, Junior Secondary, Secondary, Vocational, Commercial or Technical, Senior Secondary, Teacher Training College, University or similar type of school where a person spends or has spent at least four (4) hours a day receiving general education in which the emphasis is not on vocational skill or trade training.
Universe
Ghana 2000: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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