V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990

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Reference ID

ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

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Literacy (EC1990A_LIT)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="EC90A400 EC90A403 EC90A417 EC90A410 EC90A435"><span class="em">For all individuals 6 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 9-12.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC90A400">9. Do you know how to read and write? If only able to read or only able to write mark the box "no."<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes, reads and writes
2	Does not read or does not 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="EC90A400"><span class="em">Question 9. Does he/she know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />Mark the corresponding box with an X. If he/she can only read or only write, mark box 2 (no).<br /><br /><div class="i1">Does he/she know how to read and write? If he/she can only read or only write, mark the box "no".</div><br /><div class="i2">[ ] 1 Yes<br />[ ] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is able to read and write.

Universe

Ecuador 1990: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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