VI National Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Currently attending school (DO1981A_0424)

Data file: DOM1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 239

End: 239

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

43. Do you currently attend or did you attend any establishment of regular schooling?

Currently attending

[] 1 Public
[] 2 Private
[] 3 Not attending but did attend
[] 4 Never attended
[] 9 Unknown

Categories

Value	Category
1	Attending a public school
2	Attending a private institution
3	Not currently attending but has attended in past
4	Never attended
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

Question 43: Do you attend a regular educational institution?

(Regular education refers to establishments who give courses in pre-school, elementary, intermediate, secondary, or university)

If the answer is "attends", circle 1 or 2 is filled in, depending if the establishment is public or private.

For those on vacation from school, one of the "attending" options is filled in.

For those courses via Radio or correspondence, such as those by APEC or Radio María, circle 1, 2, or 3 is filled in, according to the case.

The other alternatives are read in the indicated order and the corresponding circle is filled in.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is currently attending school.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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