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Costa Rica, 2011

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CRI_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Literacy (CR2011A_LIT)

Data file: CRI2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 221

End: 221

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Only for people 5 years or older
<br />[Questions 15-17 are only applied to persons aged 5 and older]</p>

<p>15. Does [the respondent] know how to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes
2	No

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

Questions 15 to 19 should be asked questions to people 5 years or older.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 15: Literacy</span></p>

<p>Only for people 5 years or older</p>

<p>15. Does [name] know how to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>It is considered "yes" when the person knows to read and write a simple text that allows one to face situations in daily life, like a message or an announcement. If the person only writes, only reads, or only knows how to sign or write their name, or expresses that in some moment he/she knew how to read and write but says that he/she forgot how, you should mark the option "no."</p>

<p>It is considered that the blind person knows how to read and write if he/she has these abilities in the Braille language.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not the respondent is literate.

Universe

Costa Rica 2011: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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