XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Literacy (CO1993A_LIT)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 219

End: 219

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CO93A417 CO93A418 CO93A419 CO93A420 CO93A421 CO93A422 CO93A423 CO93A424">F.2 Ask these questions of all persons who are five years old or more. </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CO93A421">32. Does he/she know how to read and write? <div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [] 2 No</div> </svar>

Categories

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="CO93A417 CO93A418 CO93A419 CO93A420 CO93A421 CO93A422 CO93A423 CO93A424">F2. Ask these questions to all persons 5 years old or older </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CO93A421">32. Does [the respondent] know how to read and write? The response is affirmative if a person can read and write a text even if they do it with difficulty. [Below the text is a form.] Although it is infrequent, you can find persons who know how to read but not write. In these cases the response should be negative. It will be equally negative if the person only knows how to sign their name. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person was able to read and write.

Universe

Colombia 1993: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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