National Census. Seventh Census of Population Third Census of Dwellings 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (NI1995A_0419)

Data file: NIC1995-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 208

End: 208

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons age 5 or older
[Questions 5-11 were asked of persons age 5 or older]

Literacy
8. This person:

[] 1 Can read and write
[] 2 Can read only
[] 3 Cannot read or write

Categories

Value	Category
1	Can read and write
2	Can read only
3	Cannot read or write
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

Question 8: Literacy
A person is considered literate when he/she knows how to read and write; if he/she can write and read at least a message or paragraph.

A person is considered not able to read and write in the cases where they respond:

Only knows how to read a little, but does not know how to write
Only knows how to read his/her name or a few words
Used to know how to read and write, but has forgotten
Only knows how to write, but does not know how to read

In these cases, you will mark choice "3".

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person is literate.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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