SHOW SENTENCES TO RESPONDENTS. IF RESPONDENT CANNOT READ WHOLE SENTENCE, PROBE:
Literal question
CAN YOU READ PART OF THE SENTENCE TO ME?
EXAMPLE OF SENTENCES FOR LITERACY
1. THE CHILD IS READING A BOOK.
2. THE RAINS CAME LATE THIS YEAR.
3. PARENTS MUST CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
4. FARMING IS HARD WORK.
Categories
Value
Category
1
Cannot read at all
2
Able to read only parts of sentence
3
Able to read whole sentence
4
No sentence in required language
5
Blind / visually / speech impaired
9
Missing
Sysmiss
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.