Household Socio-Economic Survey 2006-2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

IRQ_2006_IHSES_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ebk1-rr24

Producer(s)

Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Mar 23, 2011

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Jan 30, 2020

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1st language/reading level (q0401_a2)

Data file: 2007ihses04_education

Overview

Valid: 104244

Invalid: 22945

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 38

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What language can you deal with, and what is your level of proficiency in that language? (Mother Tongue, Level of reading)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Unable	25505	24.5%
2	Poor	14035	13.5%
3	Medium	16608	15.9%
4	Good	48096	46.1%
Sysmiss		22945

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

This question applies to household members aged 6 years and more. Write down in the first column the code of the language he can manage and in the opposite columns the code of knowledge of this language as mentioned in the question; read, write, speak. Indicate the level of performance in each language - is it well, medium, fair or bad. In case a person masters other languages than his mother tongue, state the main two, as column 8 has been designated for the mother tongue and contains A1 language code, A2 reading level, A3 writing level and A4 speaking level). The columns B and C are designated for the main two additional languages he can manage.
Note: If a household member is dumb but can write only, mark the mother tongue for the household in the language column, and write down 4 - cannot in the column for the reading level and speaking level and write down only the writing code 1, 2 or 3.

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