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Séptimo Censo de Población y Tercero de Vivienda de Panamá 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1970
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Reference ID
PAN_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Literacy (PA1970A_LIT)

Data file: PAN1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">B. Educational Characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar v="PA70A414 PA70A415 PA70A443 PA70A416 PA70A417 PA70A418 PA70A419">[Questions 9 to 12 are asked for those who 6 years old or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA70A416">10. Can you read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Mark the appropriate box. When the person has completed at least the third grade of primary school, do not ask this question and mark the box "yes."<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Reads and writes
2 Does not read and 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the literacy of the person.
Universe
Panama 1970: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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