Population and Housing Census 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999

Reference ID

VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Sep 29, 2011

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Literacy (VN1999A_0421)

Data file: VNM1999-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 195

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Persons born before 4/1994 (5 years old and over) answer the following questions:

[Respond questions 8 to 12]

Check Q.11:

Under grade 5: [Go to] Q.12
Grade 5 or higher: [Go to] Q.13

12. Is (Name) currently able to read and write?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate
2	Illiterate
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Interviewer instructions

Checking question 11:

If question 11 has code "1" and respondent's grade is 5 and higher or has code from "2" or "3" or "4", interviewers skip question 12 and ask question 13. In case that grade at general school is less than 5, interviewers ask question 12.

Question 12. Is (name) currently able to read and write?

This question is only answered by persons who has code "3" in question 10, and persons who has code "1" in question 11 and grade at general school is less than 5.

A person is able to read and write if that person is able to read, write, and fully understand a simple sentence in Vietnamese, other ethnic minority's language, or foreign language.

Persons who can only read and write numbers and their names, or who are just able to read but not able to write, or who are only able to write a sentence learned by heart are not considered as being able to read and write. Persons who are not able to read and write can also include those who are not able to read and write even if they were attending school in the past (re-illiterate).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the literacy status of the person.

Universe

Persons who never attended school, or who attended below 5th grade.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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