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Population and Housing Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991
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MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center
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Current school attendance (MY1991A_0412)

Data file: MYS1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]



[Questions C12-14 were asked of persons who had ever attended school.]




C12. Are you still schooling/completed schooling?

[] 1 Currently schooling
[] 2 Completed schooling
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No, completed school
9 Unknown
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
Question C11-C14

Purpose
The purpose of these questions is to obtain information for each person including:

The level of education, that is, whether the person has ever been to school or not, and whether he/she is currently attending school or has completed schooling.
The highest level of schooling completed/still attending.
The highest certificate obtained.





Question C12

[Question C12 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]

Definition

"Current schooling" means that a person is currently attending one of the educational institutions that provide formal education.

"Completed schooling" means that a person has been to school and has completed his/her schooling at the time of interview.

Special note

For persons who are currently waiting for the examination results from the formal educational institutions, they are considered as currently schooling.

For persons who are attending part-time classes at the formal educational institutions, they are also considered as currently schooling.

How to ask the question

Ask the question as follows:

"Is ____ (member's name) still schooling or has completed schooling?"

How to record the answer

You are to mark (X) in the Code 1 box if the answer is "Currently schooling" and Code 2 box if the answer is "Completed schooling".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person currently attends school or not.
Universe
Persons who ever attended school

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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