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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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Reference ID
DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Read and write (DO2002A_LIT)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 254
End: 254
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For persons of 3 years old and more </span>
<br />[Questions 37-44 were asked of persons age 3+.]</p>

<p>37. Can [the respondent] read and write? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes <br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Can read and write
2 Cannot read or write
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For People Age 3 or Older </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 37: Does (NAME) know how to write and read? </span></p>

<p>Fill in the correct answer. If the interviewee only reads or only writes record option 2 ("No").

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that a person can read and write.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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