Census for Ireland for the Year 1901 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1901

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IRL_1901_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS

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Education (string) (IE1901A_EDUCSTR)

Data file: IRL1901_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 187

End: 213

Width: 27

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

Form A. - Return of the members of this family and their visitors, boarders, servants who slept or abode in this house on the night of Sunday, the 31st of March, 1901.</p>

<p><span class="em">5. Education</span><div class="i1">State here whether [the respondent] can "read and write", can "read" only, or "cannot read".<br /><br />[] Can read and write<br />[] Can read only<br />[] Cannot read</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person can read or write as it was written on the enumeration form.

Universe

Ireland 1901: All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 27-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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