XV National Population and IV Housing Census 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986

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Reference ID

COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Can read and write (CO1985A_0413)

Data file: COL1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C. For persons five years old or more.
[Applies to questions 35 - 41]

39. Do you know how to read and write?

[] 2 Yes
[] 4 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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

C. For persons 5 years old or older

(Question 35 to 41)

Take care to fill out this part C of Section V, only for persons who are 5 years old or older.

Question No. 39 Do you know how to read and write?

[Below the text is a form.]

Mark "x" in box 2, if a person knows how to read and write a paragraph or a simple section in their first language, even if it is done slowly.

Mark "x" in box 4, if a person does not know how to read or write a paragraph or a simple section, if they know how to read but not write or if they only know how to write their name.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person knows how to read and write.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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