I am interested in the “School” Variable, Nigeria 2010 which is below:
Do you or did you attend any educational institution?
Ask each question each time in the order given (Currently attending? Not attending, but used to attend? etc.), and upon receiving an affirmative response, mark the appropriate box and go on to question number 10.
1 Currently attending?
2 Not attending, but used to attend?
3 Never attended?
4 Unanswered I would like to know if the “not attending, but used to attend” is a combination of cases who have dropped out and who have completed a particular level of education? This is because i am interested in cases that are 1 Currently attending?
2 Dropped out
3 Never attended? Will appreciate insight on this. Thank you!
This variable (SCHOOL) is available though IPUMS-International. This variable is constructed from two variables: NG2010A_0443 (enrolled in school, 2010-2011) and NG2010A_0433 (ever enrolled in school). Here is a link to the 2010 Nigeria household survey. Let us know if you have any additional questions.
Given your detailed interest in educational attainment, dropping out, completion, etc. the unharmonized education variables may be useful because there are several that do not have a harmonized version, as follows:
| | NG2010A_EVERSCHL | Ever attended school | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_WHYNOSCH | Main reason for never attending school | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_AGESCHL | Age when started school | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDATTAN | Highest educational level completed | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDQUAL | Highest qualification attained | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDENR09 | Enrolled in school for the 2009-2010 school year | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDORG09 | Type of organization running the school (2009-2010) | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDENR10 | Enrolled in school for the 2010-2011 school year | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_NOSCHOOL | Reason for not being in school | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_EDLEV10 | Level attending in 2010-2011 | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_REPCLASS | Ever repeated any class in primary or secondary | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_REPCLAS2 | Last class repeated | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_WHYREP | Main reason for repeating the grade | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_NREPS | Number of repetitions of class specified | P | Nigeria 2010 |
| | NG2010A_NYSCHOOL | Plan to attend school in the next school year | P | Nigeria 2010 |
Thanks for the response. I had seen these variables in the dataset and struggled to come up with desired outcome which i why i asked if the “school” variables assumes respondents who were not currently attending but used to attend are drop outs. I am asking because it could also be that they have finishd current level.