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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q2, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q2_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 109
End: 109
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, illiterate
2 Yes, literate
9 Unknown/missing
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
LIT indicates whether or not the respondent could read and write in any language. A person is typically considered literate if he or she can both read and write. All other persons are illiterate, including those who can either read or write but cannot do both.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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