Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Literacy, based on reading passage (C_LIT2)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 574

End: 575

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

112. Now I would like you to read this sentence to me.
SHOW LITERACY CARD TO RESPONDENT.

IF RESPONDENT CANNOT READ WHOLE SENTENCE, PROBE:
Can you read any part of the sentence to me?

CANNOT READ AT ALL 1
ABLE TO READ ONLY PARTS OF SENTENCE 2
ABLE TO READ WHOLE SENTENCE 3
NO CARD WITH REQUIRED LANGUAGE (SPECIFY LANGUAGE) ___ 4
BLIND/VISUALLY IMPAIRED 5

Value	Category
00	Cannot read at all
10	Reads
11	Able to read only part of sentence
12	Able to read whole sentence
20	Not ascertained (blind, diff. language)
21	No card with required language
22	Blind or visually impaired
98	Missing

Description

Definition

LIT2 (V155) indicates whether the woman could read. This variable is available beginning with Phase 4 of the DHS.

Persons with less than secondary school education were asked to demonstrate their literacy level by reading aloud a sentence on a card and were classified as "cannot read at all," "able to read only parts of sentence," and "able to read whole sentence." As with LIT1 (V108), those with secondary or higher schooling were presumed to have attained the highest literacy level.

For Phases 1-3 of the DHS, information on literacy was collected using a different approach, by simply asking whether the person could read (LIT1). See LITBRIG for information about using the data on literacy across all phases of the DHS.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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