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National Census of Housing and Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1992
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Reference ID
BOL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • BOL1992_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Literacy (BO1992A_LIT)

Data file: BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO92A421 BO92A423 BO92A424 BO92A425 BO92A426 BO92A427 BO92A428"><span class="h3">B. Only for those 6 years of age and older - Educational Characteristics</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO92A423">10. Are you able to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">If only able to sign name, mark No.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 7 Yes<br />[] 8 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, reads and writes
2 Does not read and write
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="BO92A421 BO92A423 BO92A424 BO92A425 BO92A426 BO92A427 BO92A428"><span class="h2">B. Only for people 6 years of age or older. Educational characteristics.</span><br /><br />The questions contained in part B of the Form should only be asked of people (men and women) who are 6 completed years or older, for which purpose you should look at the answer recorded in question 4 (Years completed) beforehand. When the person being enumerated is less than 6 years old, questions 9 to 23 will not be asked of them, and therefore a diagonal line should be drawn through this part of the questionnaire.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO92A423"><span class="h3">Question 10. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />The enumerator will ask this question of all people who are 6 or older, marking circle 7 with an X when they say YES, and circle 8 if they neither read nor write.<br /><br />If the person being enumerated only knows how to sign their name, only recognizes or writes the letters of the alphabet and isn't able to read or write a letter or a basic document, mark No.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the respondent is able to read and write.
Universe
Bolivia 1992: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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