1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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Reference ID

PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Literacy (PR1990A_PRLIT)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 448

End: 448

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR90A574"><span class="em">14. Does [respondent] know how to read and write (in any language)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate (cannot read or write)
2	Yes, literate in any language (reads and writes)

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 the respondent could read and write in any language.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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