Census of Population and Housing 1981, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 1981

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ESP_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE), IPUMS

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: ESP1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 103

End: 103

Width: 1

Range: -

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.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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