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Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2013

Jordan, 2013 - 2014
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Reference ID
JOR_2013_HEIS_HD_V4.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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May 14, 2017
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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Jordan13-IND-V4

Overview

Valid: 23348
Valid (weighted): 5793930.487
Invalid: 2497
Invalid (weighted): 609558.619
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 130
End: 130
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3658

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 2513 522144
9%
1 Can read & write 20835 5271786
91%
Sysmiss 2497 609559
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
This variable indicates whether the person is literate (can read and write) or not
Universe
All individuals aged 4+ years
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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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 (q521) for those who were 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 who 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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