Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica

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Reference ID

CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (CR2000A_0419)

Data file: CRI2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 9 - 12 are] For those 5 years of age and older

12. Able to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes
2	No

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

Second Block:

Only for persons 5 years old or older

Question 12: Literacy

Literacy is investigated to obtain a general indicator of the development of a country.

[To the right of the text is a form.]

This question should only be asked to persons 5 years old or older who say that their level of instruction (question 11) is "None", "Kindergarten or preparatory" or "Primary (from 1st to 6th grade). Only one of the two possible responses is accepted:

1. Yes: knows how to read and write in their first language, at least a simple text that permits them to face situations in daily life: a message or notice.

[Below the text is a picture of a person reading and writing.]

2. No. When a person does not know how to read and write a simple paragraph in their first language. Also are include in this category one who only knows how to sign or write their name or only knows how to read and one who says that at one time they knew how to read and write but now it has been forgotten.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent could read and write in any language.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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