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Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics survey (H.E.D), 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1973
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PAK_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Organization, IPUMS
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Literacy (PK1973A_LIT)

Data file: PAK1973_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 197
End: 197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PK73A409 PK73A410 PK73A411 PK73A412"><span class="em">Educational characteristics</span><br />(For persons 5 years of age and above)<br />[Questions 11-14.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PK73A409">11. Literacy<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Literate with formal education<br />[] 2 Literate without formal education<br />[] 3 Illiterate</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Literate, with education
2 Literate, no education
3 Illiterate
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate. Although the question was asked of persons age 5 and older, all age 6 students are listed under illiterate.
Universe
Pakistan 1973: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 60.3%]

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