Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1998

Palestine, 1998

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_1998_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: Palestine98-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 12529

Valid (weighted): 12446.502

Invalid: 7584

Invalid (weighted): 7515.511

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 93

End: 93

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2387

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	1558	1537	12.3%
1	Can read & write	10971	10910	87.7%
Sysmiss		7584	7516

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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