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Census of Population and Housing of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Kyrgyzstan, 2009
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KGZ_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, IPUMS
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Read and write (KG2009A_LIT)

Data file: KGZ2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KG09A430 KG09A431 KG09A432 KG09A433"><span class="em">11. Education</span><br /><span class="em">(for persons 10 years and over)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KG09A431"><div class="i1">11.1 Are you able to read and write?<br />(for persons without elementary general education)</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 11 Yes<br />[] 12 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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
<svar v="KG09A430 KG09A431 KG09A432 KG09A433 KG09A434 KG09A435"><span class="em">Question 11. Education </span>(for persons aged 10 and over)<br />To be completed for persons aged 10 and over.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KG09A431">In <span class="em">subquestion 11.1, Code 11 "Yes" </span>is to be encircled for persons who can read and write and <span class="em">Code 12 "No" </span>for persons who can neither read nor write.<br />If the enumerator finds difficult to determine the educational attainment, he/she should note on a clear part the name of the educational establishment the person in question graduated from or is (or was) enrolled, how many grades he/she completed and in which year.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person knows how to read and write.
Universe
Kyrgyzstan 2009: Persons age 6+ who had less than primary education [discrepancies: type I 0.3%; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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