Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6.5 Section VII. Sociodemographic characteristics</span>
<br />In this section, the sociodemographic information of the members of the household in the selected home is obtained. The type of information collected varies based on the different age groups and sex of the people subject to the study, as shown on the following chart:</p>
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<p>The preceding topic can be seen on the back of the sociodemographic questionnaire, that is, in the next image:</p>
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<p><span class="em">Question 12</span>
<br />This question is asked to people 5 years of age or older to identify those who can read and write a message and those who cannot.</p>
<p>Know how to read and write a message. Condition that distinguishes the population aged 5 years of age or older who can read and write a brief and simple sentence related to every day life, regardless of the language or tongue in which it is done.</p>
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<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Significance of knowing how to read and write. Consider a person to know how to read and write a message if they claim to know how to do so, regardless of the language or tongue in which they do it.</div><p>Consider a person not to know how to read and write if at any time they knew how to do it, but have now forgotten. If the informant responds "a little", "not much", "more or less", ask them: "Can you... read and write a letter?", "Can you...write something that has happened to you?" Enter the information based on the response.</p>
<p>It is important to explain that the level of education has nothing to do with the fact of whether a person knows how to read and write, as they could have learned without going to school; likewise, they could have completed any level of school and currently do not know how to read and write.</p>
<div class="i1">- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the response, continue with question 13.</div>
