IX National Population and Housing Census 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010

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Reference ID

DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 22, 2014

Last modified

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Can read and write (DO2010A_0423)

Data file: DOM2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 220

End: 220

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons age 3 and over

35. Does [the respondent] know how to write and read?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Can read and write
2	Cannot read or 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

Question 35. Does [the respondent] know how to write and read?

Notice the instructions that are in the box above Question 35, which indicates that question 35 and thereafter are for persons 3 years or older. Therefore, you should ask the questions to all members of the household that are 3 years old or older.

Before beginning to fill out the questions about education, verify, in question 29, if the person being surveyed is 3 years old or older.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person can read and write.

Universe

Persons age 3+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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