1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990

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Reference ID

MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 115

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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