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General Population Census IV and Housing II - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (UY1963A_LIT)

Data file: URY1963_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY63A410 UY63A411 UY63A412 UY63A413 UY63A414 UY63A415 UY63A416"><span class="em">Educational characteristics</span><br /><span class="ital">For persons age 6 or older</span><br />[Questions 10-12 were asked of persons age 6 or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY63A416">12. Literacy<br /><br />Mark the corresponding box, according to whether a person knows how to read and write or not.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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 person's literacy.
Universe
Uruguay 1963: Persons 6+

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