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Censos de Población y Vivienda, 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1962
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ECU_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departamento de los Censos Nacionales, IPUMS
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Literacy (EC1962A_LIT)

Data file: ECU1962_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 137
End: 137
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
VIII. Educational</p>

<p><svar v="EC62A422 EC62A423 EC62A424"><span class="em">For those 6 years of age and older:</span><br />[Applies to questions 11 through 13]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC62A423">(12) Able to read and write? <br />Yes or No<br />____<br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Reads and writes
2 No
9 Unknown
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
This variable indicates whether the person is able to read and write.
Universe
Ecuador 1962: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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