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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1991
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UGA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Literacy (UG1991A_LIT)

Data file: UGA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UG91A068 UG91A069 UG91A070 UG91A071 UG91A413 UG91A414 UG91A417 UG91A418 UG91A419 UG91A420 UG91A421"><span class="h3">For All Persons Aged 10 Years or Over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UG91A069 UG91A414">15. Literacy (can person read and write? yes or no)<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 person is literate or not (whether the person can both read and write).
Universe
Uganda 1991: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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