1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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Reference ID

PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Literacy (PR1970A_PRLIT)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 362

End: 362

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A527"><span class="em">15. Does this person know how to read and write? (in any language)</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, illiterate (cannot read or write)
2	Yes, literate in any language (reads and writes)
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.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies if the person could read and/or write in any language.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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