XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986

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Reference ID

COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 121

Width: 1

Range: -

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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