Literal question
<svar v="VN09A404 VN09A439 VN09A440 VN09A405 VN09A424 VN09A425 VN09A426 VN09A427 VN09A406 VN09A407 VN09A408 VN09A409 VN09A410"><span class="em">8. Check if the respondent was born before April, 2004 (5 years or older). [If yes, go to] Q9; otherwise, ask the next [person]</span><br />[Questions 9-16 were asked of persons age 5 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN09A410">16. At present, can [the respondent] read and write?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 16 was asked of persons age 5 or older who have never attended school, or whose highest education grade is primary or lower, per questions 12 and 13]<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="VN09A410"><span class="em">Question 16: At present, can [the respondent] read and write?</span><br /><br /><span class="pg">[pg.43]</span><br /><br />This is only asked for 2 cases: (1) persons who never attended schools (Question 12 marked (x) in the small box next to code "3"), and (2) persons whose highest education levels are "pre-primary" or "primary" (Question 13 marked (x) in the small box next to codes "00" or "01").<br /><br />The ability to read and write (literacy): It is the ability that a person can read and write a short, simple statement in Vietnamese, an ethnic or a foreign language in his/her daily life.<br /></svar>
