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Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996
NSS 52nd Round

India, 1995 - 1996
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IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.
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Age at entry at school (AGE_AT_SCHOOL_ENTRY)

Data file: BLOCK 4 Education particulars...

Overview

Valid: 91728
Invalid: 583
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 21
Mean: 5.54
Standard deviation: 1.004
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Age at entry at school
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 8
0%
1 100
0.1%
2 47
0.1%
3 1299
1.4%
4 5379
5.9%
5 42547
46.4%
6 31801
34.7%
7 7112
7.8%
8 2401
2.6%
9 601
0.7%
10 293
0.3%
11 53
0.1%
12 52
0.1%
13 16
0%
14 6
0%
15 9
0%
16 2
0%
19 1
0%
21 1
0%
Sysmiss 583
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
Age at entry at school is the age in completed years, at which the person started attending the primary level class. Generally this will be the age at which the child is admitted to class I. In many states there is a minimum age prescribed for admission to class I. However the age is to be recorded as ascertained from the informant.

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age at entry at school
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