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National Census of Housing and Population 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2012
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BOL_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Can you read and write (BO2012A_LIT)

Data file: BOL2012_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 276
End: 276
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">F2. Only for people at least 4 years old</span></p>

<p>35. Can you read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h2">Chapter F. The person's main characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Population's educational characteristics</span>
<br />The population's educational characteristics researched in the population censuses are literacy, school attendance, and educational level starting at a certain age. In the census, educational data is collected from people who, at the time of the census, are at least four years old.</p>

<p><span class="h3">F2. Only for people at least 4 years old</span></p>

<p><span class="em">35. Literacy</span>
<br />Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read and write.
Universe
Bolivia 2012: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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