National Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1974

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HND_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS

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Literacy (HN1974A_LIT)

Data file: HND1974_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 216

End: 216

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">B. - Educational Characteristics</span></p>

<p>(For all individuals 6 years of age and older)</p>

<p>10. Are you able to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">Literate?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate
2	Illiterate
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="h3">B) Educational Characteristics (Only for persons aged six and older)</span></p>

<p>Questions 10-13 refer to the level of literacy and years of study the enumerated person has completed or is completing. For this reason, only ask person aged six and older these questions.</p>

<p>The purpose of these questions is to discover the level of education of the population in relation to its demographic, economic and social characteristics.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question set 10: Literacy</span>
<br />Do you/does the person know how to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">Ask if the enumerated person knows how to read and write and mark an "X" in the corresponding box.<br /><br />Mark an "X" in the "unknown" box if the respondent does not know if a member of the family is literate or not.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is literate.

Universe

Honduras 1974: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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