# France - currently enrolled in school question **URL:** \ **Category:** INTERNATIONAL\ **Created:** [June 3, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987 "2019-06-03T20:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tianjian\_Lai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Tianjian\_Lai](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Tianjian_Lai)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987/1 "2019-06-03T20:08:49Z")
Hello, I am looking for Q4 from the 2008 French Census (whether the respondent is currently enrolled in an educational institution for the current school year, found here: [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/quest/FRA2008frIn.pdf](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/quest/FRA2008frIn.pdf)). However, I wasn’t able to find this variable (for 2008, or for other years) in the IPUMS database. I was wondering, is this data available through IPUMS? If not, is there another source that may contain this information? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987/2 "2019-06-04T13:38:06Z")
Currently, the 2008 French Census is not available via IPUMS International ([see available sample descriptions here](https://international.ipums.org/international-action/sample_details/country/fr#tab_fr2011a)). The [SCHOOL variable](https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/SCHOOL#codes_section), which seems most closely related to the variable you are interested in, is however available in the 1968, 1982, 1999, 2006, and 2011 French samples. ---
**Author:** ![Tianjian\_Lai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Tianjian\_Lai](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Tianjian_Lai)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987/3 "2019-06-04T18:47:25Z")
Thanks, super helpful! ---
**Author:** ![Tianjian\_Lai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Tianjian\_Lai](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Tianjian_Lai)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987/4 "2019-06-11T22:25:07Z")
Hi again, I have two other questions related to the IPUMS France data. First, are there any other date of birth variables available for the 2011 French sample, that are more fine-grained than BIRTHYR (for example, month of birth)? In addition, I noticed from the “Sample Characteristics: France” page that the field work period for the 2011 France sample is collected, “Each January and Februrary of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.” Is there a variable available that would indicate what year (2009-2013) the France 2011 respondent was interviewed? Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/france-currently-enrolled-in-school-question/2987/5 "2019-06-12T17:20:34Z")
Unfortunately, I do not see any additional information for either of these questions. The [BIRTHYR](https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/BIRTHYR#codes_section) variable (and the associated source variable [FR2011A\_BIRTHYR](https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/FR2011A_0404#codes_section)) are the most fine-grained information available on birth date in the 2011 France sample in IPUMS International. Also, I do not see any variables on IPUMS International or in the 2011 France data dictionary that provides information on when the respondent was interviewed.