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IX Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1980. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1980
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BRA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Know how to read and write (BR1980A_READWRIT)

Data file: BRA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 234
End: 234
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR80A419 BR80A420 BR80A421 BR80A422 BR80A423 BR80A424"><span class="em">The following questions are to be filled out only for the person 5 years or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 19 - 24]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR80A419"><span class="h3">19. Know how to read and write</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 2- yes<br />[] 4- no, did know<br />[] 6- no, never knew</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No, once knew but forgot
3 No, never knew
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
<svar v="BR80A419 BR80A420 BR80A421 BR80A422 BR80A423 BR80A424"><span class="em">The following questions will be filled out only for persons age 5 or over, that is, those born before September 1, 1975.</span><br />[Applies to questions 19 - 24]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR80A419"><span class="h3">Question 19 - Knows how to read and write</span><br /><br />Mark:<br /><div class="i1">Yes - persons able to read and write at least a simple note in the language he or she knows;<br />No - Once knew - persons who learned to read and write but forgot; or</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 47]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">No - Never knew - persons who never learned to read and write.</div><br />Consider a person who is only able to write his or her name as Not knowing how to read and write.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies whether the person knows how to read and write.
Universe
Brazil 1980: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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