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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Literacy (LR1974A_LIT)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 118
End: 118
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all persons over the age of five years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">10. Literacy </span>
<br />Can person read and write English?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Literate
2 Illiterate
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 person's literacy.
Universe
Liberia 1974: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies type I: none type II: 68.9%]

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