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

Portugal, 1991
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PRT_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Literacy (PT1991A_LIT)

Data file: PRT1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 226
End: 226
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A412">8. Literacy<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Able to read and write<br />[] 3 Unable to read and write</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar v="PT91A408 PT91A410 PT91A424 PT91A425 PT91A426 PT91A416 PT91A417 PT91A412 PT91A413 PT91A414 PT91A415 PT91A421 PT91A422 PT91A423 PT91A418 PT91A419 PT91A420 PT91A427 PT91A428 PT91A429 PT91A433 PT91A430 PT91A437 PT91A432 PT91A431 PT91A435 PT91A436 PT91A434 PT91A411">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.<br />[Applies to questions 4-28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT91A412"><span class="em">Question 8: Literacy</span><br /><br />The following options are available:<br /><div class="i1">-- Able to read and write<br /> -- Not able to read and write</div><br />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.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether or not the respondent is able to read and write.
Universe
Portugal 1991: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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