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VII. People in the census household

For those 7 years of age and older
[Questions 13 - 15 were asked for persons age 7+ old]

13. Literacy

Are you able to read and write?

[] 1Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Unknown

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C. Third block: educational characteristics (for those 7 years of age and older).

Questions 13 to 15 refer to the enumerated person's literacy and education completed or education being carried out. For this reason, only those persons 7 years of age and older are asked these questions.

The purpose of these questions is to discover the educational level of the population in relation to demographic, economic, and social characteristics.

Question 13: literacy

1. How to formulate the question

Do you know how to read and write?

The following definitions will help the enumerator to investigate this question.

Literate: The person who knows how to read and write a simple paragraph in Spanish or in another language.

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Illiterate: The person who does not know how to either read or write, or who only knows how to read or can only write his or her name (signature).

2. How to record the data

According to the answer, the number "1. yes" or "2. no" is circled. If an informant does not know if the literacy condition of the person in question, the category "9. Unknown" is circled.

3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 13 of the census form]