Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2005

Bhutan, 2005

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Reference ID

BTN_2005_PHC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Office of the Census Commissioner

Metadata

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Literacy (q16cb)

Data file: pop_edu_labor_fer (both files provide cases)

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Education

Literal question

Can read & write in any language

Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate (Yes)
2	Illiterate (No)

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

Ask if the person can read and write in any language. If the person is able to read and write, enter code “1” for Yes and write code “2” for No.

A person who could read and write but cannot do so at the time of the Census due to some physical disabilities or illness, should be considered literate and given the code “1”. An example of this is an aged person who can read and write but can no longer do so due to extremely poor eyesight.

Disabled persons who can read and write through any means such as Braille system for the blind, are considered literate.

Description

Definition

Literacy is the ability to read and write with understanding a simple statement in any language

Universe

Persons 6 years and over

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