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National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Literacy (BO1976A_LIT)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">B. Educational Information</span></p>

<p><svar v="BO76A408 BO76A409 BO76A410"><span class="em"> Only for those 5 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 9-11 were asked of persons 5 years of age or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A408">9. Are you able to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">If only able to read or sign name, mark No.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Can read and write
2 Cannot 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 v="BO76A408 BO76A409 BO76A410"><span class="em">B. Educational information</span><br /><br />Educational information questions 9, 10 and 11 should be asked to all persons 5 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A408"><span class="em">Question 9. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />If they know how to read and write, mark the box "Yes".<br /><br />If they only read or only write, mark the box "No".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent is literate.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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