XIII Censo General de Población. II Censo de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1960

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Reference ID

CHL_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Dirección de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, IPUMS

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Literacy (CL1960A_LIT)

Data file: CHL1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 136

End: 136

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CL60A419">12. Literacy ____<br /><br />If able to read and write, write "yes." If unable to read and write, write "no."<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Writes and reads
2	Does not write and read
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 if the respondent is literate.

Universe

Chile 1960: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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Concept

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