Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2021/2022

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022

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EGY_HIECS_2021_HD_V3.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Egypt21-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 39137

Valid (weighted): 38955.932

Invalid: 11321

Invalid (weighted): 11199.72

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 37

End: 37

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1680

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	6026	6194	15.9%
1	Can read AND write	33111	32762	84.1%
Sysmiss		11321	11200

Description

Definition

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

Universe

All individuals aged 10+ 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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The code "1" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category was recoded missing.

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