General Census (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing) 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

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

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Dec 19, 2014

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: COL2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 131

End: 131

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate
2	Yes, literate
9	Unknown/missing

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.

Description

Definition

LIT indicates whether or not the respondent could read and write in any language. A person is typically considered literate if he or she can both read and write. All other persons are illiterate, including those who can either read or write but cannot do both.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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