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National Population, Family, and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1970
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ARG_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institue of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Literacy (AR1970A_LIT)

Data file: ARG1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Educational Characteristics -- For all individuals five years of age and older</span>
<br /><svar v="AR70A412 AR70A413 AR70A414 AR70A415">[Questions 9-12 are asked of persons 5 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR70A415">12. Are you able to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Mark the appropriate box. If only able to read or only able to write, mark no.<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
9 Unknown
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
<span class="h2">Educational Characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar v="AR70A412 AR70A413 AR70A414 AR70A415">For all persons five years old and older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="AR70A413 AR70A414"><span class="pg">[p.142]</span><br /><br />In the question number 10 you will move on to ask about the highest educational level that the person attends or attended, whether they completed it or not, either in the country or in a foreign country. Remember that the questions 10A, 10B, and 10C should only be asked of the persons who have boxes 1 or 2 marked in question number 9.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR70A415"><span class="pg">[p.158]</span><br /><br />16. Now we will consider the part dedicated to literacy (question number 12).<br /><br />You will ask the persons answering the census if they know how to read and write in our language or any other.<br /><br />To mark the box "Yes" it is necessary that the person know how to [read] as well as [write] in any language.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.159]</span><br /><br />17. If the elderly aunt of the Misses Garcia tells you that she only knows how to read, on the census form, you will mark:<br /><div class="i1">[ ]Yes <br />[x]No</div><br /><br />If a person answering the census is of Russian origin and says that he knows how to read and write his native language, you will mark:<br /><div class="i1">[x]Yes <br />[ ]No</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the literacy of the individual.
Universe
Argentina 1970: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: Type I trace; Type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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