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VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2001
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ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Can read and write (EC2001A_LIT)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 227
End: 227
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC01A422">11. Does he/she know how to read and write? If he/she can only read or only write, mark the "no" box.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes<br />[ ] 2 No<br />[ ] 9 Don't know</div><br /></svar>
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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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="EC01A422"><span class="em">Question 11.- Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />[There is a picture of question 11 from this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br />Mark the appropriate box with an "x." If the person being interviewed only reads or only writes, mark box 2, <span class="em">no</span>.<br /><br />If the information is provided by a third party and they don't know whether the person in question knows how to read and write, mark box 9, <span class="em">unknown</span>.<br /><br />[There is a drawing of a man reading a book, with the <span class="em">yes</span> option checked for this question on the enumeration form.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is able to read and write.
Universe
Ecuador 2001: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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