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2010 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010
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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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School attendance (GH2010A_SCHOOL)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 180
End: 180
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]</p>

<p><span class="em">Full time education: answer for persons 3 years and older</span>
<br />[P12a, P12b and P12c were asked for persons 3 years of age and older.]</p>

<p>P12a. Has [the respondent] ever attended school or is [the respondent] attending school now?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Never [skip questions P12a and P12b]<br />[] Past<br />[] Now</div>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person ever attended school.
Universe
Ghana 2010: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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