Population and Housing Census 1974 - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974

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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (LIT)

Data file: LBR1974-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
	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.

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Literacy

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Imputation

Literacy

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