Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset
Niger, 2006
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Literacy bridging variable (C_LITBRIG)
Data file: NER2006-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
512
End:
513
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
111. Now I would like you to read this sentence out loud; read as much as you can.
SHOW THE CARD TO THE RESPONDENT (3).
IF THE RESPONDENT CANNOT READ THE WHOLE PHRASE, INSIST: Can you read certain parts of the phrase for me?
CANNOT READ AT ALL 1
CAN READ SOME PARTS 2
CAN READ THE WHOLE PHRASE 3
NO CARD IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE (SPECIFY LANGUAGE) __________ 4
NO/LOW VISIONS 5
SHOW THE CARD TO THE RESPONDENT (3).
IF THE RESPONDENT CANNOT READ THE WHOLE PHRASE, INSIST: Can you read certain parts of the phrase for me?
CANNOT READ AT ALL 1
CAN READ SOME PARTS 2
CAN READ THE WHOLE PHRASE 3
NO CARD IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE (SPECIFY LANGUAGE) __________ 4
NO/LOW VISIONS 5
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Yes, reads |
| 11 | Reads easily/whole sentence |
| 12 | Reads with difficulty/part of sentence |
| 20 | No, cannot read |
| 30 | Not ascertained (blind or diff. language) |
| 31 | No card with required language |
| 32 | Blind or visually impaired |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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.
Description
Definition
LITBRIG serves as a bridging variable between two approaches to collecting information on literacy. Initially, respondents were asked, "Can you read a letter or newspaper easily, with difficulty, or not at all?" In many countries, persons with secondary or higher levels of schooling were presumed to "read easily," but coding criteria varied across countries.
Beginning with Phase 4 of the DHS, persons with less than secondary school education were asked to demonstrate their literacy level by reading aloud a sentence on a card and were classified as "cannot read at all," "able to read only parts of sentence," and "able to read whole sentence." As before, those with secondary or higher schooling were presumed to have attained the highest literacy level.
LITBRIG combines information from the first approach of asking about literacy (in LIT1 [V108]) and the second approach of testing literacy based on reading a sentence aloud (in LIT2 [V155]).
See Comparability for more information.
Beginning with Phase 4 of the DHS, persons with less than secondary school education were asked to demonstrate their literacy level by reading aloud a sentence on a card and were classified as "cannot read at all," "able to read only parts of sentence," and "able to read whole sentence." As before, those with secondary or higher schooling were presumed to have attained the highest literacy level.
LITBRIG combines information from the first approach of asking about literacy (in LIT1 [V108]) and the second approach of testing literacy based on reading a sentence aloud (in LIT2 [V155]).
See Comparability for more information.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |