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The 1970 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1970
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THA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Literacy (TH1970A_LIT)

Data file: THA1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 174
End: 174
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TH70A410 TH70A411 TH70A412 TH70A413 TH70A414 TH70A415">[Questions 11-16 are asked of persons 5 years and over]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH70A413">14. Literacy: can read and write in any language?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Literate
2 Not literate
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a person is literate.
Universe
Thailand 1970: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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