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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 1990
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PHL_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (PH1990A_LIT)

Data file: PHL1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PH90A411 PH90A412 PH90A413 PH90A414 PH90A415 PH90A416 PH90A417 PH90A418 PH90A439 PH90A440 PH90A442"><span class="h2">5 Years Old and Older</span><br />[Questions P15-P22 apply to persons 5 years old and over]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH90A415"><span class="em">P19. Literacy</span><br /><br />Can [respondent] read and write a simple message in any language or dialect?<br /><br />Encircle Code<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Yes<br />2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Literate
2 Illiterate
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate or not: i.e. whether the person is able to read and write a simple message in any language or dialect.
Universe
Philippines 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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