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

Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (UY1996A_LIT)

Data file: URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY96A417 UY96A418 UY96A419 UY96A420 UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">For all people age 3 or older</span><br />[Questions 11-15 were asked of persons age 3 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A417">11. Do you know how to both read and write?<br /><div class="i1">If they only read or only write, mark "No".<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar v="UY96A417 UY96A418 UY96A419 UY96A420 UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">Persons age 3 or older</span><br />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.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A417"><span class="em">Question 11. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br />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".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person can read and write.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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