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XV Censo Nacional de Población y IV de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1982
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CHL_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS
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Literacy (CL1982A_LIT)

Data file: CHL1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CL82A400 CL82A401 CL82A402 CL82A404 CL82A407 CL82A427 CL82A428">For all those 5 and older<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CL82A401">9. Only for those who answered that they attend/attended fourth year basic or primary or never attended<br /><br />Do you know how to read and write?<br />If you only know how to read or only how to write, fill in 'no'<br /><div class="i1">1. Yes ___<br />2. No ___</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Can read and write
2 Cannot read and/or write
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 a="all" v="CL82A401">9. Do you know how to read and write?<br /><br />Ask this question only of those who reported passing less than the fourth year of elementary or primary school, or none.<br /><br />If the person only reads or only writes, fill in the oval for the no option.<br /><br />[The above directions refer to a picture of question 9 in this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br />Questions 10, 11, 12 and 13 will be asked of everyone 15 and older.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person knows how to read and write (literacy).
Universe
Chile 1982: Persons age 5+ with less than 4 years primary school [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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