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General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Current school attended (UY1963A_EDCURRENT)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 187
End: 188
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY63A410 UY63A411 UY63A412 UY63A413 UY63A414 UY63A415 UY63A416"><span class="em">Educational characteristics</span><br /><span class="ital">For persons age 6 or older</span><br />[Questions 10-12 were asked of persons age 6 or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY63A413 UY63A414 UY63A415">11. School attendance<br /><br />Write down, as a number, the year of studies that a person is now attending, on the dotted line corresponding to the class of instruction received (primary, secondary, etc.) For people who do not attend any type of studies, write down a zero ("0").<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 0 Without attendance<br />[] 1 Primary _<br />[] 2 Secondary _<br />[] 3 Preparatory _<br />[] 4 Faculty _<br />[] 5 Normal _<br />[] 6 Agrarian _<br />[] 7 Industrial _<br />[] 8 Military _<br />Other ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Not attending school
01 Primary
02 Secondary
03 Preparatory
04 University
05 Teacher school
06 Agrarian
07 Industrial
08 Military
09 Other
98 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the current level of education the person is attending.
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Persons 6+

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