Intercensal Population Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 2005

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Reference ID

IDN_2005_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Can read and write other letters (ID2005A_0426)

Data file: IDN2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 196

End: 196

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

620. Are you able to read and write?

Latin letters?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Arabic letters?

[] 3 Yes
[] 4 No

Other letters (specify)?

____
[] 6 Yes
[] 5 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	No
2	Yes
8	Respondent did not know
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

7.7.2 Block VI.B. Household members age 5 or older
[Questions Q611 through Q625 are asked only to members of the household age 5 or older]

Question 620: Ability to read and write
Someone is considered able to read and write if he/she can read and write a sentence of a few simple words written in a given alphabet.

Note:

a. A blind person who can read and write Braille is classified as able to read and write Latin characters.
b. A person who was able to read and write, but now due to some handicap is no longer able to read and write, is classified as able to read and write.
c. A person who can only read but is not able to write is considered as able to read and write.

Ask: "Can you read and write Latin characters?" If the answer is "Yes/can", circle code "1". Ask also: "Can you read and write Arabic characters?" If the answer is "Yes/can", circle code "3", but if the answer is "No", circle code "4". If the respondent is able to write and read alphabets other than Latin and Arabic, circle code "6" at "Other characters" and write the name of the characters for example, Chinese characters.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not the respondent can read and write in another language other than Latin or Arabic.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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