Household Socio-Economic Survey, IHSES 2012

Iraq, 2012 - 2013

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Reference ID

IRQ_IHSES_2012_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

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Nov 30, 2016

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Iraq12-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 143755

Valid (weighted): 233267494.979

Invalid: 32287

Invalid (weighted): 54475509.818

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1539

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	33969	48564652	20.8%
1	Can read & write	109786	184702843	79.2%
Sysmiss		32287	54475510

Description

Definition

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

Universe

All individuals aged 6+ 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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