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General Population Census VIII Homes IV and Housing VI 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011
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URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Literacy (UY2011A_0449)

Data file: URY2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 227
End: 227
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For people 10 years or older that never attended, attend, or took classes in Special Elementary School and passed 3 years of Basic Elementary School:

26. Does [the respondent] know how to read and write? (PerEd08)

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
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.
Interviewer instructions
Does he/she know how to read and write?

This question is aimed towards people 10 years of age or older that never attended an education center and that attend/attended and have a level of education equal to or less than three years of elementary school or attend/attended a Special Elementary School.

The objective is to investigate the literacy of the population.

Select "yes" if the person knows how to read and write (both) at least one complete paragraph.
Select "no" if the person responds that he/she only knows to write or only knows to read, or neither.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person is literate.
Universe
Persons age 10+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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