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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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School attendance (CO1985A_SCHOOL)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 171
End: 171
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A401 CO85A402 CO85A403 CO85A404 CO85A405 CO85A406 CO85A407"><span class="h2">A. For all of the persons in the dwelling</span><br />[Applies to questions 26 - 33]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A405"><span class="em">31. Do you attend an educational center--preschool, elementary, secondary, university?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 Yes<br />[] 4 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<svar a="all" v="CO85A405"><span class="em">Question No. 31 Attendance in any education center</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 2, if a person attends any center of formal education at any level (preschool, primary, secondary, classic bachelor, technical, pedagogical,) or university (intermediate, professional or post-graduate careers).Include here also those who attend schools of special education.<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 4, if a person does not attend any education center previously mentioned, although they are attending another class or course.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether or not the person is attending an educational center such as a preschool, elementary/secondary school or a university.
Universe
Colombia 1985: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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