Pakistan school layer validation against the Mouza Census, by district

Name: Pakistan school layer validation against the Mouza Census, by district
Creator: Hiba Sameen
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

External-validity test of the school layer against the Mouza Census 2020, one row per mouza district (147): count floors and village-reported distances.

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Source: PBS Mouza Census 2020 microdata (Form-11 Part IV) × schools_pk × school_distance_stats
Rows in this release: 147
Units: Vary by field or series; see definitions below.
Catalogue generated: 2026-09-13

Definitions and limitations

The Mouza Census asked every rural mouza whether an institution for boys and one for girls exists at each level and, if not, how far the nearest is. It is sector-blind and counts villages, so it cannot audit the layer line by line; it puts a FLOOR under the count (a village with one has at least one) and gives an INDEPENDENT distance. ratio_* = schools in the layer ÷ mouzas reporting an institution of that sex and level: well under 1 means schools are missing or misclassified; above 1 is expected. The floor test is diagnostic only where private and co-educational provision is scarce — at primary level in Punjab a low ratio is private schools, and in Sindh 'girls undercounted relative to boys' fires by construction because designated boys' schools include the Mixed majority. status = 'absent from harvest' marks the 15 mouza districts the layer does not cover (7 merged districts, 8 AJK). village_* columns are means and medians of the villages' reported km; model_* are the layer's population-weighted medians and shares; *_gap_* are girls minus boys. Compare ranks and signs, not levels: village distances are unweighted, by road, any sector. Run on the released table (in_analysis rows), so these figures describe schools_pk, not the raw registers.

Pakistan school layer validation against the Mouza Census, by district — data dictionary
Field	Type	Definition
region	VARCHAR	region
district_key	VARCHAR	Data Darbar key
mouza_district	VARCHAR	district(s) as PBS names them (successors joined with +)
layer_district	VARCHAR	district name in the layer
status	VARCHAR	matched \| absent from harvest \| harvest only (no mouza rows: the layer has schools but PBS enumerated no rural mouza there, e.g. Karachi's urban districts)
rural_mouzas	DOUBLE	rural mouzas in the district
flag	VARCHAR	test outcomes: boys/girls middle-plus or primary under half; girls undercounted relative to boys
mouzas_with_B_primary	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a boys' primary institution
mouzas_with_B_middle	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a boys' middle institution
mouzas_with_B_high	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a boys' high institution
mouzas_with_G_primary	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a girls' primary institution
mouzas_with_G_middle	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a girls' middle institution
mouzas_with_G_high	DOUBLE	mouzas reporting a girls' high institution
coll_B_high	BIGINT	boys' high schools in the layer
coll_B_middle	BIGINT	boys' middle schools in the layer
coll_B_primary	BIGINT	boys' primary schools in the layer
coll_G_high	BIGINT	girls' high schools in the layer
coll_G_middle	BIGINT	girls' middle schools in the layer
coll_G_primary	BIGINT	girls' primary schools in the layer
coll_midplus_B	BIGINT	boys' middle-plus schools in the layer
ratio_midplus_B	DOUBLE	boys' midplus ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
ratio_high_B	DOUBLE	boys' high ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
ratio_primary_B	DOUBLE	boys' primary ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
coll_midplus_G	BIGINT	girls' middle-plus schools in the layer
ratio_midplus_G	DOUBLE	girls' midplus ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
ratio_high_G	DOUBLE	girls' high ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
ratio_primary_G	DOUBLE	girls' primary ratio: layer ÷ mouza floor
girls_to_boys_ratio_midplus	DOUBLE	ratio_midplus_G ÷ ratio_midplus_B
village_mean_km_B_primary	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' primary institution, mean
village_mean_km_B_middle	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' middle institution, mean
village_mean_km_B_high	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' high institution, mean
village_mean_km_G_primary	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' primary institution, mean
village_mean_km_G_middle	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' middle institution, mean
village_mean_km_G_high	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' high institution, mean
village_median_km_B_primary	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' primary institution, median
village_median_km_B_middle	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' middle institution, median
village_median_km_B_high	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest boys' high institution, median
village_median_km_G_primary	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' primary institution, median
village_median_km_G_middle	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' middle institution, median
village_median_km_G_high	DOUBLE	villages' reported km to nearest girls' high institution, median
village_share_over_5km_B_primary	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a boys' primary institution
village_share_over_5km_B_middle	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a boys' middle institution
village_share_over_5km_B_high	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a boys' high institution
village_share_over_5km_G_primary	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a girls' primary institution
village_share_over_5km_G_middle	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a girls' middle institution
village_share_over_5km_G_high	DOUBLE	share of villages more than 5 km from a girls' high institution
model_median_km_boys_high_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for boys, high-plus
model_median_km_boys_middle_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for boys, middle-plus
model_median_km_boys_primary_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for boys, primary-plus
model_median_km_girls_high_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for girls, high-plus
model_median_km_girls_middle_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for girls, middle-plus
model_median_km_girls_primary_plus	DOUBLE	layer: median km for girls, primary-plus
model_share_over_5km_boys_high_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for boys, high-plus
model_share_over_5km_boys_middle_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for boys, middle-plus
model_share_over_5km_boys_primary_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for boys, primary-plus
model_share_over_5km_girls_high_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for girls, high-plus
model_share_over_5km_girls_middle_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for girls, middle-plus
model_share_over_5km_girls_primary_plus	DOUBLE	layer: share over 5km for girls, primary-plus
village_gap_km_primary	DOUBLE	village mean km, girls − boys, primary
model_gap_km_primary	DOUBLE	layer median km, girls − boys, primary
village_gap_share5_primary	DOUBLE	village share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, primary
model_gap_share5_primary	DOUBLE	layer share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, primary
village_gap_km_middle	DOUBLE	village mean km, girls − boys, middle
model_gap_km_middle	DOUBLE	layer median km, girls − boys, middle
village_gap_share5_middle	DOUBLE	village share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, middle
model_gap_share5_middle	DOUBLE	layer share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, middle
village_gap_km_high	DOUBLE	village mean km, girls − boys, high
model_gap_km_high	DOUBLE	layer median km, girls − boys, high
village_gap_share5_high	DOUBLE	village share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, high
model_gap_share5_high	DOUBLE	layer share beyond 5 km, girls − boys, high
release	VARCHAR	release tag

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Hiba Sameen / Data Darbar. Pakistan school layer validation against the Mouza Census, by district. https://darbar.adaad.org/datasets/school-validation-district/. Cite the original source listed above and the catalogue release when reusing this table.

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