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Censo de Población y Viviendas, 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962
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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Literacy (reads and writes) (PY1962A_LIT)

Data file: PRY1962_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Educational characteristics </span></p>

<p>For persons 7 years of age and older</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY60A427">14. Literacy:<br /><div class="i1">Mark the appropriate box according to whether the person is able to read and write.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate (reads and writes).
Universe
Paraguay 1962: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.5%]

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