United States Census of 1860 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1860

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USA_1860_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Literacy (US1860A_LIT)

Data file: USA1860_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 303

End: 303

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A439">13. ____ Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate (cannot read nor write)
4	Yes, literate (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.

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Definition

Literacy.

Universe

United States 1860: All persons age 20+

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