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XVI Censo Nacional de Población y V de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1992
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CHL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS
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Know how to read and write (CL1992A_LIT)

Data file: CHL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CL92A403 CL92A411 CL92A428 CL92A433 CL92A434">For all individuals 5 years of age and older [applies to questions 7 to 9]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CL92A411">Enumerator: only for those who answered "never attended" or lower than 4th grade of basic or primary completed.<br /><br />9. Are you able to read and write?<br /><br />If only able to read or only able to write, fill in "no."<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 Cannot read and/or write
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 a="all" v="CL92A411">9. Do you know how to read and write?<br /><br />Ask this question only of those who answered Never Attended or those who passed the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of primary school.<br /><br />If the person only reads or only writes, fill in circle 2. No. <br /><br />[The above directions refer to a picture of question 9 in this section of the enumeration form.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether or not the respondent could read and write.
Universe
Chile 1992: Persons age 5+ with less than 4 years of primary school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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