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1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Literacy (KE1989A_LIT)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE89A410 KE89A411 KE89A412"><span class="h2">B. Persons aged 6 years and over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE89A410">P19. Literacy:<br /><br />Does [the respondent] know how to read and write a simple statement in any language?<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 Not applicable<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the individual knows how to read and write a simple statement in any language.
Universe
Kenya 1989: Persons age 6+, except travellers and those receiving the short questionnaires [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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