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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy in any language (NG2010A_LIT)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 2: Education</span>
<br /><span class="em">For all household members 5 years and above, please ask the individual the following questions.</span></p>

<p>3. Can you read and write in any language?</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 literacy in any language.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I .5%; type II .9%]

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