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National Population and Housing Census 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2014
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UGA_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (UG2014A_LIT)

Data file: UGA2014_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 227
End: 227
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 1: Particulars of household members</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p>P21 Can [the respondent] read and write a sentence meaningfully in any language?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Read and write<br />[] 2 Read only<br />[] 3 Write only<br />[] 4 No<br />[] 7 N/A<br />[] 8 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Read and write
2 Read only
3 Write only
4 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate.
Universe
Uganda 2014: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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