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Description

For sample children ages 5-17 who have ever attended school and are at least in the first grade, GRADREPETR is a recoded variable that reports if the sample child has ever repeated any grades.

GRADREPETR is part of the Child Health supplement, first released in 1981. This supplement includes a number of questions on child's schooling. For more information and related variables, please see GOSCHOOLEV, or use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus.

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Universe

  • 1981: Sample persons age 5 to 17 in first grade or higher who have ever attended school.

Availability

  • 1981

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