General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Jun 26, 2017

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Literacy (Literacy3b)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 230

End: 230

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Literate
1	Illiterate
9	Unspecified

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.

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Definition

If an individual has 'A lot of difficulty' (3) or 'Unable to' (4) read (e.g. newspaper magazines, religious books) or writing a letter in at least one language, then the person is illiterate.

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