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General Population Census IV and Housing III - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1975
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URY_1975_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Literacy (UY1975A_LIT)

Data file: URY1975_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 174
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY75A412 UY75A413 UY75A414 UY75A415 UY75A416 UY75A417 UY75A418 UY75A419"><span class="em">(II) Educational characteristics</span> (<span class="ital">for people age 6 or older</span>)<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY75A419">14. Do you know how to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />If they only read or only write, mark "No".<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Not known</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
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
<svar v="UY75A401 UY75A402 UY75A403 UY75A404 UY75A405 UY75A406 UY75A407 UY75A408 UY75A409 UY75A410 UY75A411 UY75A412 UY75A413 UY75A414 UY75A415 UY75A416 UY75A417 UY75A418 UY75A419 UY75A420 UY75A421 UY75A422 UY75A423 UY75A424 UY75A425 UY75A426 UY75A427 UY75A428 UY75A429 UY75A430 UY75A431"><span class="em">G. Information of the people</span><br />169. Once the Section "F. Information of the home" is finished, you should ask the population questions to each one of the people who you are to enumerate.<br /><br />When possible, you should try to make each person provide you with their own information. Only in the case of a person who is absent at the time of your visit, or if it concerns children, will you receive their information from a third party.<br /><br />In each home, you will enumerate all people who slept in it the night before the "Day of the Census" or who, being absent this night for reasons of work, return to the home during the day. In such form, a doctor who did not sleep in his/her house because of being on guard in a hospital will be enumerated in their home. On the contrary, a traveler who spent many days away from their home will be enumerated in the place slept in during the night before the "Day of the Census."<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="UY75A412 UY75A413 UY75A414 UY75A415 UY75A416 UY75A417 UY75A418 UY75A419"><span class="em">II. Educational characteristics</span><br />[Persons age 6 or older]<br /><br />The questions of this chapter are for the purpose of knowing the educational level of the population and its specialization in different disciplines, acquired from regular courses.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY75A419">249. For question no. 14 <span class="em">"Do you know how to read or write?"</span>, you should mark the corresponding box.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Mark "Yes" if a person reads and writes, in our language or another.</li>

<li>If a person only reads or only writes, you will mark "No".</li>
</ul><br /><br />250. Mr. Ruiz reads and writes numbers and signs his name, but cannot write words or phrases. In the Census document you will mark the box.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>No</li>
</ul><br /><br />251. If a person of German origin tells you that they speak Spanish, but only reads and writes in the native language, you will mark:<br /><br />[Below the text are two forms, one of which has box "Yes" marked]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's literacy status.
Universe
Uruguay 1975: Persons 6+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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