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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 2008
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SDN_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (SD2008A_LIT)

Data file: SDN2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SD08A430 SD08A431 SD08A432 SD08A433 SD08A530 SD08A531 SD08A532 SD08A533"><span class="em">Education status</span><br />[Questions 15 - 18: Persons age 6 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SD08A430 SD08A530">15. Can [the respondent] read and write with understanding a simple sentence in any language?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
Sudan 2008: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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