Household Expenditure and Income Survey 2010, Economic Research Forum (ERF) Harmonization Data

Jordan, 2010 - 2011

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Reference ID

JOR_2010_HEIS_v01_M_v01_A_ERF

Producer(s)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics (DOS)

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Mar 29, 2019

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Jor_2010_Person

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 78

End: 78

Width: 1

Range: -

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Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No
1	Can read & write

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is literate (can read and write) or not

Universe

All individuals aged 4+ years

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate.
In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing.
If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Generated using the education status (q524) for those ever enrolled and left school or never enrolled (aged 15+), while for those currently enrolled and aged 4+, they were all assumed to be able to read and write.
Those who never attended school and aged 4-14 years were considered illiterate. While for those ever attended and left and aged 4-14 years, the literacy status is recoded missing since no information for this sub-sample is available.

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