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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1980
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PRI_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Literacy (PR1980A_PRLIT)

Data file: PRI1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 419
End: 419
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR80A569"><span class="em">14. Does ____ know how to read and write (in any language)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, illiterate (cannot read or write)
2 Yes, literate in any language (reads and writes)
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 a person's literacy.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1980: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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