India - Participation and Expenditure in Education, 2007-08, 64th Round

Reference ID

Schedule 25.2

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Age at first enrolment in school (AGE_AT_FIRST_ENROL_IN_SCHOOL)
File: Block-7 Particulars of currently not attending persons aged 5-29 years

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0

Valid cases: 76489
Invalid: 27687
Minimum: 4
Maximum: 16
Mean: 5.6
Standard deviation: 0.8

Questions and instructions

Interviewer instructions

Age at entry at school is the age in completed years, at which the person started attending the primary level
class. This generally 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. Moreover, if a person is admitted for the first time at a higher class in the primary level then the age at that entry should be recorded