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National Census of Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1961
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HND_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Able to read (HN1961A_LIT)

Data file: HND1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 121
End: 121
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Education</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">For persons 5 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 8-10 were asked of people aged 5 years or older]</p>

<p><span class="em">8. Are you able to read and write?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate.
Universe
Honduras 1961: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies type I trace; type II trace]

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Concept
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