Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2020

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EGY_LFS_2020_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Literacy status of the first spouse (litsp_1)

Data file: Egypt 2020-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 54178

Invalid: 15935

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 167

End: 171

Width: 5

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	17429	32.2%
1	Can read AND write	36749	67.8%
99	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		15935

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the first spouse is literate (can read and write) or not.

Universe

Spouses aged 10+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes

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

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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