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2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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Literacy (LR2008A_LIT)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Persons 5 years and over</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P18. Literacy</span><div class="i1">Can [the respondent] read and write in any language?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 the person's literacy status.
Universe
Liberia 2008: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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