United States Census of 1870 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1870

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USA_1870_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Literacy (US1870A_LIT)

Data file: USA1870_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 313

End: 313

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

[Inquiries number 7, 16, and 17 are not to be asked in respect to infants. Inquiries number 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, and 20 are to be answered (if at all) merely by an affirmative mark, as /.]

<svar a="all" v="US70A444">16. ____ Cannot read 17. ____ Cannot write </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate (cannot read nor write)
2	Can't read, can write
3	Can't write, can read
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 1870: All persons age 10+

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