VIII General Population and Housing Census, 1960 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1960

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Reference ID

MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS

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Sep 29, 2011

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Literacy (MX1960A_LIT)

Data file: MEX1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 154

End: 154

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MX60A409">19. Does he/she know how to write? Yes or No.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Able to read and write
2	Not able to read and write
9	Unknown

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 whether a person is able to read and write.

Universe

Mexico 1960: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 4.8%; type II none]

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Concept

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