VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2001

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Reference ID

ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 21, 2011

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Can read and write (EC2001A_LIT)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 227

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="EC01A422">11. Does he/she know how to read and write? If he/she can only read or only write, mark the "no" box. <div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes [ ] 2 No [ ] 9 Don't know</div> </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 a="all" v="EC01A422">Question 11.- Do you know how to read and write? [There is a picture of question 11 from this section of the enumeration form.] Mark the appropriate box with an "x." If the person being interviewed only reads or only writes, mark box 2, no. If the information is provided by a third party and they don't know whether the person in question knows how to read and write, mark box 9, unknown. [There is a drawing of a man reading a book, with the yes option checked for this question on the enumeration form.] </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is able to read and write.

Universe

Ecuador 2001: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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