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X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1994
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GTM_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (GT1994A_LIT)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">13. Literacy</span><div class="i1">Do you know how to read and write?<br /><br />If only reads or write, mark no<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, the person can read and write
2 No
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
<span class="em">Questions for persons aged seven and older only</span>
<br />If the person is less than seven, do not ask him/her question 13-24. Instead, go to the next person on the list.</p>

<p><span class="em">13. Literacy</span>
<br />A person who is literate is a person who can read and write a simple message, idea or paragraph in Spanish or another language.</p>

<p>Ask, "Do you know how to read and write?"</p>

<p>[A graphic of box 13, "literacy," is reproduced on the right-hand side of the page.]</p>

<p>If the person only knows how to read, or only knows how to write, mark the circle for "no."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate.
Universe
Guatemala 1994: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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