XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2000

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Reference ID

BRA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 20, 2011

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Know how to read and write (BR2000A_0461)

Data file: BRA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 274

End: 274

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4.28 Do you know how to read and write?

[] 1 yes
[] 2 no

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No

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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 4.28 (Sample) and 4.06 (Basic) - Do you know how to read and write?

Mark, as the case may be:

1 - Yes - for persons able to read and write at least a simple note in the language he or she knows. Also consider literate those persons who know how to read and write but who later became physically or mentally unable to do.
2 - No - for persons who never learned to read and write or who once learned but later forgot. A person who is only able to write his or her name should also be considered unable to read and write.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether a person knows how to read and write.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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