IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / PRT_2001_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

XIV Recenseamento Geral da População e IV Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2001
Get Microdata
Reference ID
PRT_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 22, 2014
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
17738
Downloads
976
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Related Publications
  • Data files
  • PRT2001_PHC-H-H.dat
  • PRT2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Literacy (PT2001A_LIT)

Data file: PRT2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT01A409 PT01A410 PT01A419 PT01A420 PT01A421 PT01A417 PT01A418 PT01A411 PT01A422 PT01A423 PT01A424 PT01A425 PT01A426 PT01A427 PT01A413 PT01A414 PT01A415 PT01A416 PT01A428 PT01A429 PT01A430 PT01A434">[Questions 3.1-21 were asked of persons who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to question 3]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" PT01A413" v="PT01A413 PT01A415">11. Literacy:<br /><div class="i1">If you just write numbers or your name; only read out do not write, or just read and write only memorized sentences, then indicate "Not able to read and write"<br /><br />[] 1 Able to read and write<br />[] 3 Not able to read and write</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT01A413"><span class="em">Question 11 - Literacy</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Able to read and write</span> - you can read and write, even if it is difficult for you, if you are able to read a newspaper and write sentences.<br /><br /><span class="em">Not able to read and write</span> - if you are unable to read and write sentences, even simple sentences, and understand their content. If you can only write your name, numbers, read but not write or read and write memorized sentences, you are not considered as being able 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 a="PT01A413" v="PT01A413 PT01A415"><div class="i1"><span class="em">Question 11 - Literacy</span></div><br /><div class="i2">The following options are available:<br />1. Able to read and write<br />2. Not able to read and write - even if he only knows how to write his name.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the respondent can read and write.
Universe
Portugal 2001: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.