The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980

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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Literacy (TH1980A_LIT)

Data file: THA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 208

End: 208

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For person 5 years and older or those who were born before and in the year 1974 (tiger year)
<br />[Questions L16-L20 were asked of persons age 5 and over.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A417">L17. Can read and write in any language?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate
2	Illiterate
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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

<span class="em">Columns 16 - 21 </span></p>

<p>Ask those who are 5 years old and over, or who were born before and in 1974 (Tiger year in the Thai zodiacal calendar).</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 17 Literacy</span></p>

<p>Ask "Let me know ...........are you able to read and write?"</p>
<div class="i1">- If literate in any language, record 1 in corresponding to the line of the one being asked in this column.<br />- If illiterate, record 2 in corresponding to the line of the person being asked in this column.<br />- If (the person)'s literacy is not known, record "X."</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is literate or not.

Universe

Thailand 1980: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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