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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Literacy (IQ1997A_0442)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
The fields (68-70) are filled for those who are more than (10) years old, excluding the students who were born in 1987 or earlier.



68. Persons without certificate

[] 1 Reading and writing
[] 2 Reading only
[] 3 Illiterate
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Reading and writing
2 Reading only
3 Illiterate
9 Unknown
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
68. Without a certificate:
This field is filled for all persons of a household (male and female) those who are 10 years old or more (they were born in 1987 or earlier) except the students who were still studying and data were taken on them in the fields (65, 66, 67) if the person neither reads or writes in any language is counted illiterate and the sign is put in the square opposite to the word (illiterate).
The person who is unable to read or write numbers or his name, is counted illiterate. If the person reads only and understands what he is reading in any language the sign (x) is indicated in the square opposite to the phrase (reading only). If the person reads and understands what he is reading in any language and writes at least one paragraph in any language the sign (x) is indicated in the square opposite to the phrase (reading and writing).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate or not.
Universe
Persons age 10+ not presently continuing studies

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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