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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (GT1964A_LIT)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Educational and occupational characteristics</span>
<br />Persons 7 years old and more
<br />[Questions 15 to 26 are asked of persons age 7+ years old]</p>

<p><span class="em">Education</span></p>

<p>15. Literacy: Does the person know how to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
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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.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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