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Population and Housing Census 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004
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WBG_SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (SL2004A_0418)

Data file: SLE2004-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P19-P21: Persons age 6 years and older]




P21. Literacy
Can [the respondent] read and write in any language?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
Columns P19 - P21) -- Education and literacy (Persons age 6 or older)




P21 -- Literacy
121. One of the objectives of collecting information on education is to stretch the definition of literacy to cover persons who can read and write in any language irrespective of the fact that they never attended a formal educational institution.

122. Informal education is now a widespread phenomenon in the country. It means that some persons might not have gone to formal educational institutions, but have gone through informal education and can read and write. Therefore, if the respondent says that he/she never went to school in P19, enter 1, skip P20 and ask "Can [the respondent] read and write in any language?" question P21) and enter the response as appropriate. "Yes" [is] 1, "No" [is] 2. This question is for all persons 6 years and over, irrespective of whether they have been to school or not.

123. Make sure that the person does both the reading and the writing. A person cannot be said to be literate if he only reads and not writes or vice versa.




[Questions P19 - P21: Persons age 6 or older]




P21 Literacy
Can [the respondent] read and write in any language?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read and write in any language.
Universe
Persons age 6+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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