Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1997

Palestine, 1997

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_1997_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Palestine97-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 14489

Valid (weighted): 14511.699

Invalid: 8699

Invalid (weighted): 8697.091

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 93

End: 93

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2377

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	1806	1799	12.4%
1	Can read & write	12683	12713	87.6%
Sysmiss		8699	8697

Description

Definition

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

Universe

All individuals aged 12+ 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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