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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2021

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021
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EGY_LFS_2021_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Literacy status of the head (lithd)

Data file: Egypt 2021-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 79271
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 161
End: 165
Width: 5
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 18244
23%
1 Can read AND write 61027
77%
99 Not stated 0
0%
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 head is literate (can read and write) or not.
Universe
Heads aged 10+
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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An individual is considered literate if he/she can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate individual (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey only asks whether an individual can read but does not ask if they can write, and in the case that there is no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability, the literacy status cannot be determined, and these are coded as missing.
If there are no questions about the reading and writing abilities, but the educational attainment is elementary or upper, the individual is considered literate.


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