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1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991
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CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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School attendance (CA1991A_SCHOOL)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 281
End: 281
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA91A474 CA91A476 CA91A473 CA91A475 CA91A412 CA91A464 CA91A465 CA91A466 CA91A467 CA91A470 CA91A471 CA91A463 CA91A367 CA91A468 CA91A469 CA91A481 CA91A477 CA91A482 CA91A487 CA91A488 CA91A478 CA91A484 CA91A485 CA91A486 CA91A479 CA91A483 CA91A480 CA91A405 CA91A406 CA91A021 CA91A472 CA91A489 CA91A490 CA91A491 CA91A492 CA91A493 CA91A494 CA91A495 CA91A496 CA91A497 CA91A498 CA91A499 CA91A500 CA91A501 CA91A502 CA91A503"><span class="h2">STEP 10: Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA91A463">27. In the past nine months (that is, since last September), was this person attending a school, college or university?<br /><div class="i1">Include attendance at elementary or secondary schools, business or trade schools, community colleges, institutes of technology, CEGEPs, etc., for courses which can be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree.<br />Mark one circle only.<br />[] No, did not attend in past nine months<br />[] Yes, full time<br />[] Yes, part time, day or evening</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Did not attend in past nine months
2 Attended full time in past nine months
3 Attended part time in past nine months
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="CA91A463 CA91A464 CA91A466 CA91A467 CA91A468 CA91A469 CA91A470 CA91A471 CA91A473 CA91A474 CA91A475 CA91A476 CA91A478 CA91A479 CA91A480 CA91A481 CA91A482 CA91A483 CA91A484 CA91A485 CA91A486 CA91A487 CA91A488 CA91A489 CA91A490 CA91A491 CA91A494 CA91A495 CA91A496 CA91A497 CA91A499 CA91A500 CA91A501"><div class="i1">Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over, that is, for each person born before June 4, 1976.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA91A463"><span class="h3">Question 27: School attendance</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Do not include any courses taken for leisure, recreation or personal interest.</span><br />For persons who have been enrolled in school at any time since September 1990, even if they were registered but subsequently dropped out, report their attendance. The same thing applies for persons who have been enrolled in any educational institution (including seminaries, schools of nursing, private business schools, technical institutes or colleges, private or public trade schools, vocational schools or schools for the blind or deaf) that provide a general education.<br />Mark the circle labelled <span class="em">Yes, full time</span> for persons who were taking 75% or more of the regular course load in the grade or year in which they were registered. Consider any day courses of six weeks or less as part-time attendance. For persons who attended both full time and part time since last September, mark only the circle labelled <span class="em">Yes, full time</span>.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates either full-time or part-time (day or evening) attendance at school, college or university during the nine-month period between September 1990 and June 4, 1991. Attendance is counted only for courses which could be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree.
Universe
Canada 1991: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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