Housing and Population Census, 1980-81 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1981

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Reference ID

PAK_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population Census Organization, IPUMS

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Literacy (PK1981A_LIT)

Data file: PAK1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 78

End: 78

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="PK81A407 PK81A408">[Questions 9-10 for persons 5 years and above.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" PK81A407" v="PK81A407 PK81A408">9. Can ____ read newspaper etc, and write a simple letter?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Illiterate
2	Read and write in Urdu
3	Read and write in Urdu and English
4	Read and write in language not Urdu or English
5	Read and write in Urdu, English and other language
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

Pakistan 1981: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 64.5%]

concept

Concept

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