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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Can read and write (PE2017A_LIT)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 265
End: 265
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population</span></p>

<p><span class="em">12. Are you able to read and write?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, can read and write
2 No
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
<span class="em">For people of 3 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 11 to 15 are asked of persons age 3 or older]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 12: Are you able to read and write?</span></p>

<p>If he/she can read and write in any language, fill in the oval of the option 1, "yes".</p>

<p>If the person writes and reads using the Braille system, fill in the option 1, "yes".</p>

<p>If he/she can only sign, write his/her name and some numbers, fill in the oval of option 2, "no".

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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