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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (GT1981A_LIT)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 272
End: 272
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For those 7 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 13 - 15 were asked for persons age 7+ old]</p>

<p>13. Literacy</p>

<p>Are you able to read and write?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="GT81A424 GT81A425 GT81A426 GT81A427"><span class="h2">C. Third block: educational characteristics (for those 7 years of age and older).</span><br /><br />Questions 13 to 15 refer to the enumerated person's literacy and education completed or education being carried out. For this reason, only those persons 7 years of age and older are asked these questions.<br /><br />The purpose of these questions is to discover the educational level of the population in relation to demographic, economic, and social characteristics.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A424"><span class="em">Question 13: literacy</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />Do you know how to read and write?<br /><br />The following definitions will help the enumerator to investigate this question.<br /><br />Literate: The person who knows how to read and write a simple paragraph in Spanish or in another language.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 73]</span><br /><br />Illiterate: The person who does not know how to either read or write, or who only knows how to read or can only write his or her name (signature).<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />According to the answer, the number "1. yes" or "2. no" is circled. If an informant does not know if the literacy condition of the person in question, the category "9. Unknown" is circled.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 13 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is able to read and write.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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