Census for Ireland for the Year 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1911

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Reference ID

IRL_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS

Metadata

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Education (IE1911A_EDUC)

Data file: IRL1911_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 308

End: 308

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">Education</span><div class="i1">State here whether [the respondent] can read and write, can read only, or cannot read.<br />[] Read and write<br />[] Read<br />[] Cannot read</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Can read and write
2	Can read but cannot write
3	Cannot read or write
4	Can write only
5	In school
6	Infant
9	Unknown

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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person can read or write.

Universe

Ireland 1911: All persons

concept

Concept

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