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Housing and Population Census 1980-81 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1981
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PAK_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Can read the Quran (PK1981A_0406)

Data file: PAK1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 76
End: 76
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Question 8 was asked of persons whose religion is Muslim, per question 7.]




8. If Muslim, can ____ read the Holy Quran?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 Learning
[] 3 No
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 Learning
3 No
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
2.4.9. Column number 9 - Can he/she read the Holy Quran

This question is asked only to Muslims - that is, persons for whom in column number 8 the code number "1" has been entered.
The answer can be of the three types.

[] 1 Yes. If this person can read the Holy Quran then code "1" may be written.
[] 2 He/she is learning. If this person cannot read the Holy Quran but is learning to read it, then write code "2" for him/her.
[] 3 No. If this person neither can read the Holy Quran nor learning to read then code "3" may be written for him/her.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read the Holy Quran.
Universe
Muslims age 5+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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