Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973

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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS

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Literacy (CR1973A_LIT)

Data file: CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 198

End: 198

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CR73A414 CR73A415 CR73A416 CR73A417 CR73A418 CR73A429">Only for people 6 years of age or older [Applies to questions 13 - 16] </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CR73A418">16. Literacy. For individuals 10 years of age and older: Are you able to read and write? <div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [] 2 No</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Able to read and write
2	Not able to read and write
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 a="all" v="CR73A418">22.- Question No. 16.- Literacy This question should be asked only for persons 10 years old or older. Mark the box "Yes" when a person can read and write a simple paragraph in any language. The box "No" should be marked for four groups of persons, namely: 22.1.- Those who do not know how to read or write a simple paragraph. 22.2.- Those who only know how to read. 22.3.- Those who only know how to sign and/or write their name. Those who at one time knew how to read and write but have forgotten it. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent is able to read and write.

Universe

Costa Rica 1973: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none].

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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