X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1990

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Reference ID

BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS

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Literacy (BR1991A_LIT)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 326

End: 326

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="BR91A433"><span class="h3">23. Knows how to read and write</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 knows how to read and write<br />[] 2 doesn't know</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Can read and write
2	Cannot read or write

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 a="all" v="BR91A433"><span class="h3">Question 23 - Do you know how to read and write?</span><br />Mark:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Knows how to read and write</span> - a person able to read and write at least a simple note in the language he or she knows; or<br /><span class="em">2 - Does not know</span> - a person who never learned to read and write or who learned and forgot. Also consider as not knowing how to read and write a person who is only able to write his or her own name.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person can read and write.

Universe

Brazil 1991: Persons age 5+ [Discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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