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1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999
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VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Literacy (VN1999A_LITERACY)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="VN99A414 VN99A415 VN99A416 VN99A417 VN99A418 VN99A419 VN99A420 VN99A421"><span class="em">Persons born before 4/1994 (5 years old and over) answer the following questions:</span><br /><br /><span class="em">[Respond questions 8 to 12]</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="VN99A421"><span class="em">Check Q.11:</span><br /><div class="i1">Under grade 5: [Go to] Q.12<br />Grade 5 or higher: [Go to] Q.13</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A421">12. Is (Name) currently able to read and write?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Literate
2 Illiterate
8 Unknown
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="VN99A421">Checking question 11:<br /><br />If question 11 has code "1" and respondent's grade is 5 and higher or has code from "2" or "3" or "4", interviewers skip question 12 and ask question 13. In case that grade at general school is less than 5, interviewers ask question 12.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A421"><span class="em">Question 12.</span> Is (name) currently able to read and write?<br /><br />This question is only answered by persons who has code "3" in question 10, and persons who has code "1" in question 11 and grade at general school is less than 5.<br /><br />A person is able to read and write if that person is able to read, write, and fully understand a simple sentence in Vietnamese, other ethnic minority's language, or foreign language.<br /><br />Persons who can only read and write numbers and their names, or who are just able to read but not able to write, or who are only able to write a sentence learned by heart are not considered as being able to read and write. Persons who are not able to read and write can also include those who are not able to read and write even if they were attending school in the past (re-illiterate).<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the literacy status of the person.
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Persons who never attended school, or who attended below 5th grade. [discrepancies: type I: trace; type II: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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