XIII National Population and II Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1964

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Reference ID

COL_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Literacy (CO1964A_LIT)

Data file: COL1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 138

End: 138

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CO64A410"><span class="em">11. Literacy</span> ____<br /><div class="i1">Write "yes" for those who know how to read and write. If not, write "no".</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate
2	Illiterate
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 literacy status.

Universe

Colombia 1964: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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