V National Population and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1970

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Reference ID

DOM_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 22, 2014

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Literacy (DO1970A_0407)

Data file: DOM1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 104

End: 104

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Persons 5 years of age and older [Applies to questions 7-10]

7. Literacy. Is the enumerated person able to read and write?

[] 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

11.5.2. Educational characteristics. Questions 7-10, referring to the enumerated person's educational characteristics, are presented to those 5 years of age and older.

a) Question 7. Literacy. In order to mark "1 X yes", it is necessary that the enumerated person know how to read and write. It is not sufficient that the person only know how to read or write.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not the individual is capable of reading and writing.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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