Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997

Reference ID

IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 128

End: 128

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate
2	Yes, literate
9	Unknown/missing

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

LIT indicates whether or not the respondent could read and write in any language. A person is typically considered literate if he or she can both read and write. All other persons are illiterate, including those who can either read or write but cannot do both.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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