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National Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1991
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ARG_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Attending school (AR1991A_0412)

Data file: ARG1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 144
End: 144
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For all persons 3 years old and more
[Questions 11- 16 were asked of persons age 3 years or older.]




11. Do you attend some educational establishment?

[] Attends a public establishment
[] Attends a private institution
[] Does not attend, but attended [skip questions 12-13]
[] Never attended [skip questions 12-16]
[] Unanswered [skip questions 12-16]
Categories
Value Category
1 Attends - public
2 Attends - private
3 Attended in past
4 Never attended
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
11. Do you attend some educational establishment?


School attendance: The attendance in an establishment of the system of formal (publicly or privately recognized) education is considered school attendance (attends or attended).

Attendance in private academies, institutes or centers for studies that do not pertain to formal levels are excluded. For example: foreign languages, musical instruments, preparatory courses, for training, and technical courses done in these institutions (hairdressers, computer science, etc.). Also attendance in post graduate courses is excluded. If an enumerated person is doing post graduate work, it is considered that they "Do not attend but attended" at the university level.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person attends school.
Universe
Persons age 3+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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