Population and Housing Census 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004

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WBG_SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), Minnesota Population Center

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School attendance (SL2004A_0416)

Data file: SLE2004-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 220

End: 220

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P19-P21: Persons age 6 years and older]

P19. School attended
Has [the respondent] ever attended school?

[] 1 Never (go to P21)
[] 2 Still
[] 3 Left

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

Columns P19 - P21) -- Education and literacy (Persons age 6 or older)

P19 -- School attendance
113. In this case school means primary school, secondary school, university college, teachers training college, technical institute and trade centre -- in fact any educational establishment where formal instruction is given on a full time basis. It also includes Arabic schools.

114. Ask, "Has this person ever attended school?" If the person has never been to school enter 1 and skip to P21. If the person is attending an educational institution as a full time student, enter 2, has left school, enter 3, and ask P20 and P21.

115. Remember that questions on education relate to persons aged 6 years and over and for those that the questions are not applicable, draw a straight line across the remaining lines against their names.

[Questions P19 - P21: Persons age 6 or older]

P19 School attendance
Has [the respondent] ever attended school?

[] 1 Never (if 1, go to P21)
[] 2 Still
[] 3 Left

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is currently attending or has ever attended formal school.

Universe

Persons age 6+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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