Extended National Survey of Homes (ENHA) 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2006

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Reference ID

URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (UY2006A_0447)

Data file: URY2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 242

End: 242

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

47. Do you know how to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown

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

47. Do you know how to read and write?

This question asks about the literacy of the individual, without considering whether or not he ever went to a learning institution. The code is assigned to those who know to read and write (both things) at least a complete paragraph. If he only knows how to read or only to write, "No" will be marked.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates person's literacy.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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