5th Census of Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

El Salvador, 1992

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Reference ID

SLV_1992_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (SV1992A_0402)

Data file: SLV1992-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

V. Information on members of the household

2. Persons age 5 or older
[Questions 10-13 were asked of persons age 5 or older]

10. Are you able to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

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.

Interviewer instructions

4.5.3 For persons age 5 or older
This part just refers to people five years of age and up, as a result the interview ends with question 9b for persons younger than 5, skipping the questions 10 through 13 to the following page.

10. Literacy
Do you know how to read?

"Yes" is marked when the person knows how to read and write at least a paragraph. If they only know how to write their name and a few numbers, the option "No" will be marked.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person is literate.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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