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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
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ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Literacy, based on reading passage) (M_LIT2MN)

Data file: ZWE2005-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 472
End: 473
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
112) Now I would like you to read this sentence to me.

SHOW 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
Categories
Value Category
00 Cannot read at all
10 Reads
11 Able to read only parts of sentence
12 Able to read whole sentence
20 Not ascertained (blind, different language)
21 No card with required language
22 Blind or visually impaired
98 Missing
99 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.

Description

Definition
LIT2MN (MV155) indicates whether the man could read.

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." Those with secondary or higher schooling were presumed to have attained the highest literacy level.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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