General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2006

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006

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EGY_POP_CENSUS_2006_V1.0

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Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Literacy status (LIT)

Data file: Egypt 2006-CENSUS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 5700534

Invalid: 1536855

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 36

End: 37

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	1700798	29.8%
1	Can read AND write	3999736	70.2%
99	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		1536855

Description

Definition

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

Universe

Individuals 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.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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In the original data this year 2020, The literacy status and education state variables are combined, due to this, illiteracy has been low this year

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