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Sample Microdata of Census Enumeration of India 2011 - 1 percent sample dataset

India, 2011
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Reference ID
IND_2011_SMCI_1pc_v02
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Office of the Registrar General, India
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Apr 08, 2021
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Jul 04, 2022
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Literacy (q12_literacy)

Data file: SAMP_IND_SMCI_2011_1pct_Stata12

Overview

Valid: 12020927
Valid (weighted): 1202092700
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V63

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Literate 7565697 756569700
62.9%
2 Illiterate 4455230 445523000
37.1%
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
Literates

A person aged 7 years and above who can both read and write with understanding in any language has been taken as literate. It is not necessary for a person to have received any formal education or passed any minimum educational standard for being treated as literate. People who are blind and could read in Braille are treated to be literates.

A person, who can neither read nor write or can only read but cannot write in any language, is treated as illiterate. All children of age 6 years or less, even if, going to school and have picked up reading and writing, are treated as illiterate.
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