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XIV National Population and III Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1973
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COL_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Knows how to read and write (CO1973A_LIT)

Data file: COL1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO73A415 CO73A416 CO73A417 CO73A418"><span class="h2">B. Educational characteristics (for persons five years old or more).</span><br />[Applies to questions 10 - 13]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A415"><span class="em">10. Do you know how to read and write?</span><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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO73A415 CO73A416 CO73A417 CO73A418"><span class="h3">Section B. Educational characteristics</span><br /><br />Fill out this section for all persons 5 years old or more.<br />[Applies to questions 10 - 13]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO73A415"><span class="em">Question No. 10. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark an "x" in the box "yes" when a person knows how to read and write correctly; that is, when they have the capacity to read, understand and write a text.<br /><br />Mark "x" in the box "no", when that person does not read or write correctly.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person knows how to read and write.
Universe
Colombia 1973: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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