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Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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School attendance (LS1996A_SCHOOL)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section C. For all persons aged 5 years and over</span></p>

<p>16. Has (the respondent) ever attended school?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 16 partially cut off on enumeration form.]<br /><br />[] 1 Never attended<br />[] 2 Still attending<br />[] 3 Left school<br />[] NA not applicable</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never attended
2 Still attending
3 Left school
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
<span class="h3">3. Part C of the questionnaire</span></p>

<p>122. Column 16: Full-time School Attendance.
<br />Please code according to list.
<br />For all children under the age of 5 years enter NA. For those aged 5 years and over
<br />Never attended school - code 1 for persons who have never at any time received full-time education, or children in day care centers and nursery schools.
<br />Still attending - code 2 for persons still receiving full- time education at the time of the census.
<br />Left school - Code 3 for persons who received full-time education in the past and are no longer receiving it.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person ever attended school full-time, is still attending school, or already left school.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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