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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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Reference ID
COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Can read and write (CO1985A_LIT)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h2">C. For persons five years old or more.</span><br />[Applies to questions 35 - 41]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A413"><span class="em">39. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 Yes<br />[] 4 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h3">C. For persons 5 years old or older</span><br /><br />(Question 35 to 41)<br /><br />Take care to fill out this part C of Section V, only for persons who are 5 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A413"><span class="em">Question No. 39 Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 2, if a person knows how to read and write a paragraph or a simple section in their first language, even if it is done slowly.<br /><br />Mark "x" in box 4, if a person does not know how to read or write a paragraph or a simple section, if they know how to read but not write or if they only know how to write their name.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person knows how to read and write.
Universe
Colombia 1985: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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