Count of Population and Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 2005

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Reference ID

MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (MX2005A_0418)

Data file: MEX2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 103

End: 103

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For people 5 years old or older

3.7 Illiteracy
Does (Name) know how to read and write a message?
Mark a single answer

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Knows how to read and write a message
2	Does not know how to read and write a message
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

Questions 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 are asked to people who are 5 years old or older. For this, check the answer that you wrote down in question 3.3 Age.

If a person who you are interviewing is less than 5 years old, go to the next person in the list.

3.7 Illiteracy

With this question, people who know how to read and write a message are distinguished from those who do not know how to do it.

Take into account that following indications:

- A person does not read or write when he or she can only write their name, some words or numbers.

- If an informant responds, "a little, not much, more or less," it is necessary that you ask them if they can write about something that has happened to him or her. If it is indicated affirmatively, mark Yes, in the contrary case, register No.

[To the right of the text is a form for 3.7 Illiteracy.]

Although an informant does not know how to read or write, always ask questions 3.8 Attendance and 3.9 Level of instruction.

Description

Definition

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

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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