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Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2005
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MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Literacy (MX2005A_LIT)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 112
End: 112
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A424 MX05A425 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">For people 5 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A418"><span class="h3">3.7 Illiteracy</span><br /><span class="em">Does (Name) know how to read and write a message?</span><br />Mark a single answer<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Knows how to read and write a message
2 Does not know how to read and write a message
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="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A425 MX05A424 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">Questions 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 are asked to people who are 5 years old or older. For this, check the answer that you wrote down in question 3.3 Age.</span><br /><br />If a person who you are interviewing is less than 5 years old, go to the next person in the list.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A418"><span class="h3">3.7 Illiteracy</span><br /><br />With this question, people who know how to read and write a message are distinguished from those who do not know how to do it.<br /><br />Take into account that following indications:<br /><br /><div class="i1">- A person does not read or write when he or she can only write their name, some words or numbers.<br /><br />- If an informant responds, "a little, not much, more or less," it is necessary that you ask them if they can write about something that has happened to him or her. If it is indicated affirmatively, mark Yes, in the contrary case, register No.</div><br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form for 3.7 Illiteracy.]<br /><br />Although an informant does not know how to read or write, always ask questions 3.8 Attendance and 3.9 Level of instruction.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent knows how to read and write.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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