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Sexto Censo de Población y Segundo de Vivienda de Panamá 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1960
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PAN_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Departamento de Censos, IPUMS
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Literacy (PA1960A_LIT)

Data file: PAN1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PA60A413 PA60A414 PA60A415">Only for persons 7 years of age and older<br />[Questions 11-13 were asked only of persons aged 7 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA60A415">13. Do you know how to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person was literate or not.
Universe
Panama 1960: Person age 7+ [discrepancies: type I 1.7%; type II none]

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