Population and Housing Census 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Viet Nam, 2009

Reference ID

VNM_2009_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 2009 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 03, 2012

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Literacy (VN2009A_0410)

Data file: VNM2009-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

8. Check if the respondent was born before April, 2004 (5 years or older). [If yes, go to] Q9; otherwise, ask the next [person]
[Questions 9-16 were asked of persons age 5 or older]

16. At present, can [the respondent] read and write?

[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]
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in the 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

Question 16: At present, can [the respondent] read and write?

[pg.43]

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").

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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's literacy status.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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