XV Censo Nacional de Población y IV de Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 1982

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Reference ID

CHL_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Literacy (CL1982A_LIT)

Data file: CHL1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 176

End: 176

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CL82A400 CL82A401 CL82A402 CL82A404 CL82A407 CL82A427 CL82A428">For all those 5 and older </svar>

<svar a="all" v="CL82A401">9. Only for those who answered that they attend/attended fourth year basic or primary or never attended Do you know how to read and write? If you only know how to read or only how to write, fill in 'no' <div class="i1">1. Yes ___ 2. No ___</div> </svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Can read and write
2	Cannot read and/or write

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 a="all" v="CL82A401">9. Do you know how to read and write? Ask this question only of those who reported passing less than the fourth year of elementary or primary school, or none. If the person only reads or only writes, fill in the oval for the no option. [The above directions refer to a picture of question 9 in this section of the enumeration form.] Questions 10, 11, 12 and 13 will be asked of everyone 15 and older. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person knows how to read and write (literacy).

Universe

Chile 1982: Persons age 5+ with less than 4 years primary school [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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