National Sample Survey 1995-1996 (52nd Round) - Schedule 25.2 - Participation in Education

India, 1995 - 1996

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IND_1995_NSS52-SCH25.2_v01_M

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National Sample Survey Office

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Literate (LITERATE)

Data file: BLOCK 3 Demographic particulars of all persons

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 35

End: 35

Width: 1

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Questions and instructions

Literal question

Literate

Categories

Value	Category
1	yes
2	no

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

Literate (yes-1, no-2) : The literacy status of each member is to be ascertained carefully before making entry here. A person is considered a literate if he/she can read and write a simple sentence in any language with understanding. For children below 5 years this question need not be asked and code 2 may be recorded for them. For others it will be essential to probe in detail whenever it is felt that the educational achievement of the person is not sufficient to accept the response as it is particularly if the person has not completed primary level of school education. Mere questions like if the person has attended school is not considered enough. To obtain consistent estimates of literacy, the concepts adopted in the 47th round survey is to be followed strictly.

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A person is considered a literate if he/she can read and write a simple sentence in any language with understanding

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