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Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2005
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MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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School attendance (MX2005A_SCHOOL)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 111
End: 111
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A424 MX05A425 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">For people 5 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A417"><span class="h3">3.8 Attendance</span><br /><span class="em">Does (Name) currently attend school?</span><br />Mark a single answer<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Attends school
2 Does not attend school
8 Unknown
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
<svar v="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A425 MX05A424 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">Questions 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 are asked to people who are 5 years old or older. For this, check the answer that you wrote down in question 3.3 Age.</span><br /><br />If a person who you are interviewing is less than 5 years old, go to the next person in the list.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A417"><span class="h3">3.8 Attendance</span><br /><br />The question permits us to distinguish people who attend school from those who do not do it.<br /><br />Consider that a person <span class="ital">Does attend school</span>:<br /><br /><div class="i1">- If registered as student in any educational center of any scholarly level, from preschool and primary school to masters or doctorate.<br /><br />- If registered in open education and comes with some regularity to receive consulting.<br /><br />- If taking courses for a degree or its equivalent (engineering, medicine, chemistry) masters or doctorate, at a distance (through Internet).</div><br /><br />Consider <span class="ital">Does not attend</span> if a person:<br /><br /><div class="i1">- Goes to classes only to learn how to read and write (illiteracy)<br /><br />- Attends classes of personal development, to learn any office or other type of activities or workshops for fun or pastime (dressmaking, beauty stylist, handicrafts, music, etc)</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent attends school.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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