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Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Public or private school (US2000A_0445)

Data file: USA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 285
End: 285
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8. a. At any time since February 1, 2000, has this person attended regular school or college?

Include only nursery school or preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or a college degree.

[] No, has not attended since February 1 [go on to question 9]
[] Yes, public school, public college
[] Yes, private school, private college
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not enrolled
2 Public school
3 Private school
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether respondents attending school were enrolled in a public or a private school.
Universe
Persons age 3 or older

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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