Population and Housing Census 2008
Malawi, 2008
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Apr 25, 2019
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Dist. from nearest school- upper primary class (S252B3_v12)
Data file: NSS64_Sch252_bk_3
Overview
Valid:
100195
Invalid:
386
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
5
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | d<1km |
| 2 | 1km = d < 2 kms |
| 3 | 2kms = d < 3 kms |
| 4 | 3kms = d < 5 kms |
| 5 | d >= 5 kms |
| Sysmiss |
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
To find the availability of a schools having primary, upper primary and a secondary level classes within a reasonable distance from the household, the convenient distance to the nearest such school from the household is to be ascertained in these items. It should be noted that here our objective is to capture the distance from the school having primary level /upper primary or middle level/secondary level classes and not from nearest primary/upper primary or middle /secondary level school, which may or may not be different. The distance to be covered by the usual way of transport in the normal course.