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General Population Census VI and Housing IV - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985
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URY_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Able to read and write (UY1985A_LIT)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY85A414 UY85A415 UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419"><span class="em">(II) Educational characteristics</span> <br />[Questions 9-14 were asked of persons age 6 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A414">9. Do you know how to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />If they only read or only write, mark "No".<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 0 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="UY85A414 UY85A415 UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419"><span class="h3">II. Educational characteristics -- for persons age 6 or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A414">The first question of this chapter is "Do you know how to read and write?" You should mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />Mark "Yes" if a person reads and writes in our language or another.<br /><br />If a person only reads or writes, mark "No".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's ability to read and write in any language.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 4.6%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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