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Population Census of the Republic of Belarus 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Belarus, 1999
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Reference ID
BLR_1999_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Apr 20, 2011
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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: BLR1999-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 121
End: 121
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 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.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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