XIII Recenseamento Geral da População e III Recenseamento Geral da Habitação 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1991

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Reference ID

PRT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (PT1991A_0412)

Data file: PRT1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 207

End: 207

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]

8. Literacy

[] 1 Able to read and write
[] 3 Unable to read and write

Categories

Value	Category
1	Able to read and write
2	Not able to read and write

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

Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Applies to questions 4-28]

Question 8: Literacy

The following options are available:

-- Able to read and write
-- Not able to read and write

Note: For individuals that only know how to sign their name (and do not know how to read or write anything else) we consider them as not able to read and write.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not the respondent is able to read and write.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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