General Population Census VII Home III and Housing V 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1996

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Reference ID

URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Literacy (UY1996A_0417)

Data file: URY1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 170

End: 170

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For all people age 3 or older
[Questions 11-15 were asked of persons age 3 or older]

11. Do you know how to both read and write?

If they only read or only write, mark "No".

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

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

Persons age 3 or older
The questions of this part have the purpose of knowing the educational level of the population, both on the plane of regular education, as well as training courses or non-regular education, offered by public and private organizations, in this country or abroad.

Question 11. Do you know how to read and write?
You should fill in the box corresponding to the answer you receive. Remember that you should mark "Yes" only if the person can read and write, whatever the language. If a person only reads or only writes, mark "No".

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person can read and write.

Universe

Persons age 3+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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