Census of Population and Housing, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1972

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ISR_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS

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Writing ability (IL1972A_LIT)

Data file: ISR1972_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="IL72A407 IL72A408 IL72A409 IL72A410">[Questions 1-24 asked only of those 14 years of age or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IL72A418">11 Can you write (at least a simple letter)<br /><div class="i1">a. Can you write in Hebrew?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">b. Can you write in Arabic?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><div class="i1">c. Can you write in (another languages)?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Hebrew
2	Arabic
3	Hebrew and Arabic
4	Other than Hebrew/Arabic
5	Hebrew and other
6	Arabic and other
7	Hebrew, Arabic and other
8	Illiterate and no response
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's writing ability.

Universe

Israel 1972: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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