VI National Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

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Attending or attended vocational school (DO1981A_0430)

Data file: DOM1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 245

End: 245

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For individuals 10 years of age and older[Applies to questions 48-50.]

48. Do you currently attend or did you attend any center of vocational, technical, or commercial training?

[] 1 Attending
[] 2 Not attending but did attend
[] 3 Never attended
[] 9 Unknown

Categories

Value	Category
1	Attending
2	Not currently attending but has attended in past
3	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

For persons 10 years of age or older

Question 48: Does the person, or did the person, attend a vocational, technical, or commercial educational institution?

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

Note: For those taking correspondence courses, circle 1 -- "attending" -- is filled in or circle 2 -- "not attending but did attend" -- is filled in if the correspondence course was previously taken.

Questions 49 and 50 are only presented to those who answered "attending or not attending but did attend" in question 48.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person has attended or is currently attending a vocational school.

Universe

Persons age 10+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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