United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Literacy (US1880B_LIT)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 348

End: 348

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<span class="h3">Education</span><div class="i1">[] 21 Attended school within the census year<br /> [] 22 Can not read<br /> [] 23 Can not write</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate (cannot read nor write)
2	Can't read, can write
3	Can't write, can read
4	Yes, literate (reads and writes)

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.

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Definition

Literacy.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All persons

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