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Intercensus Population Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1995
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IDN_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Literacy (ID1995A_LIT)

Data file: IDN1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 295
End: 295
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A421 ID95A422 ID95A423 ID95A424 ID95A425 ID95A426 ID95A427 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h2">V. Characteristics of individual household members</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A433">521. Able to read and write<br /><div class="i1">[Question 521 was asked of persons age 5 or older who have never attended school or have not completed primary school, as per questions 516 and 520.]<br /><br />[] 1 Latin alphabet<br />[] 2 Other alphabet<br />[] 3 Illiterate</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Latin alphabet
2 Other alphabet
3 Illiterate
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="ID95A401 ID95A403 ID95A408 ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A426 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h3">6.5 Block V. General characteristics of household members</span><br />This block is used to record personal characteristics such as sex, age, mobility of living, attained education, school participation and the daily language used by each household members, starting from the first serial number of the household member until the last one.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A433"><span class="em">Question 521: Ability to read and write</span><br />A person is said able to read and write if [he/she] is able to read and write a letter/simple sentences using a certain alphabet. This question is only asked to the respondents who did not pass elementary school (P519=01).<br />Note:<br /><div class="i1">a. A blind person who can read and write Braille is considered as literate<br />b. A person who previously could read and write but because of a handicap is now incapable is considered literate<br />c. A person who can only read but cannot write or vice versa, is considered as illiterate</div><br /><br />Ask question "Can you read and write using the Latin alphabet?" If the answer is "Yes/able", circle code 1. If the answer is "No", ask "Can you read and write using other alphabet such as Arabic, Chinese, Javanese and others?" If the answer is "Yes/able" circle code 2, but if the answer is "No", circle Code 3.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates which alphabet the person has the ability to read and write in.
Universe
Indonesia 1995: Persons age 5+ who have never attended or not completed primary school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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