Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CR00A414 CR00A415 CR00A416 CR00A417 CR00A418 CR00A419 CR00A438"><span class="h3">Second Block:<br /><br />Only for persons 5 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR00A419"><span class="em">Question 12: Literacy</span><br /><br />Literacy is investigated to obtain a general indicator of the development of a country.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br />This question should only be asked to persons 5 years old or older who say that their level of instruction (question 11) is "None", "Kindergarten or preparatory" or "Primary (from 1st to 6th grade). Only one of the two possible responses is accepted:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1. Yes</span>: knows how to <span class="em">read and write</span> in their first language, at least a simple text that permits them to face situations in daily life: a message or notice.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a person reading and writing.]<br /><br /><span class="em">2. No</span>. When a person <span class="em">does not know how to read and write</span> a simple paragraph in their first language. Also are include in this category one who only knows how to sign or write their name or only knows how to read and one who says that at one time they knew how to read and write but now it has been forgotten.</div><br /></svar>
