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XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1990
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VEN_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, IPUMS
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Literacy (VE1990A_LIT)

Data file: VEN1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VE90A401 VE90A412 VE90A426 VE90A451 VE90A407 VE90A446 VE90A402"><span class="em">Questions 11-14 are only for those over the age of 3 years</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A401">11. Are you able to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Literate
2 Illiterate
8 Unknown
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
<svar v="VE90A401 VE90A412 VE90A426 VE90A451 VE90A407 VE90A446 VE90A402"><span class="em">Questions 11-14 are only for those over the age of 3 years</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VE90A401"><span class="em">Question No.11</span><br /><br />[Literacy]<br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 11 on the census form.]<br /><br />-- Fill in the cell that corresponds to the answer given.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was able to read and write.
Universe
Venezuela 1990: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: type I none, type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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