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1997 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Literacy (IQ1997A_LIT)

Data file: IRQ1997_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 290
End: 290
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IQ97A442 IQ97A443 IQ97A444"><span class="h3">The fields (68-70) are filled for those who are more than (10) years old, excluding the students who were born in 1987 or earlier.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IQ97A442">68. Persons without certificate<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Reading and writing<br />[] 2 Reading only<br />[] 3 Illiterate</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Reading and writing
2 Reading only
3 Illiterate
9 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate or not.
Universe
Iraq 1997: Persons age 10+ not presently continuing studies [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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