National Baseline Household Survey, NBHS 2009

Sudan, 2009

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Reference ID

SDN_NBHS_2009_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Sudan09-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 39731

Valid (weighted): 23728618.252

Invalid: 9114

Invalid (weighted): 5470908.853

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 116

End: 116

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2921

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	15056	8503680	35.8%
1	Can read & write	24675	15224938	64.2%
Sysmiss		9114	5470909

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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