General Census (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing) 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

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Reason for not attending school: high costs of education (CO2005A_0478)

Data file: COL2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 302

End: 302

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons age 3 + (generated by the DMC)
[Questions 41-44 were asked of persons age 3 and older.]

42. Does [the respondent] currently attend a pre-school, public school, private school or university? (basic)

[] 1 Yes

1.1 Is this a government [public] school? (basic)

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

[] 2 No

2.1 Why? (expanded) (for persons less than 26 years old)

1. He/she considers that he/she has finished his/her studies or that he/she has sufficient education?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. The cost of education is high and he/she does not have the money?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. He/she needs to work?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. Not enough space in the educational establishments?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. Distance from educational establishments?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. Due to illness, requires special education?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. (For women over 12 years old) Due to pregnancy?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

1. Another reason?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

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Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the high cost of education is the reason for the person not to attend school.

Universe

Persons age between 3 and 26 who currently do not attend school

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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