Censos Nacionales. III de Vivienda – VII de Población 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973

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Reference ID

CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (CR1973A_0418)

Data file: CRI1973-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 168

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Only for people 6 years of age or older
[Applies to questions 13 - 16]

16. Literacy. For individuals 10 years of age and older: Are you able to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Able to read and write
2	Not able to 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

22.- Question No. 16.- Literacy

This question should be asked only for persons 10 years old or older.

Mark the box "Yes" when a person can read and write a simple paragraph in any language. The box "No" should be marked for four groups of persons, namely:

22.1.- Those who do not know how to read or write a simple paragraph.

22.2.- Those who only know how to read.

22.3.- Those who only know how to sign and/or write their name.

Those who at one time knew how to read and write but have forgotten it.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent is able to read and write.

Universe

Persons age 10+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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