Census for Ireland for the Year 1901 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1901

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Reference ID

IRL_1901_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: IRL1901_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 106

End: 106

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, illiterate
2	Yes, literate
9	Unknown/missing

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

LIT indicates whether or not the respondent could read and write in any language. A person is typically considered literate if he or she can both read and write. All other persons are illiterate, including those who can either read or write but cannot do both.

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