Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Palestine, 2008

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PAL_LFS_2008_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Literacy status of the first spouse (LITSP_1)

Data file: Palestine08-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 20811

Valid (weighted): 537095.575

Invalid: 3032

Invalid (weighted): 74479.605

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 83

End: 84

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2043

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	1973	44152	8.2%
1	Can read & write	18838	492943	91.8%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		3032	74480

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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