Interviewer instructions
For residents 5 years of age or older
B 6.11
6.27 ? Do you know how to read and write?
Depending on the situation, record:
1 - Yes: A person who can read and write a simple note in the language he/she knows. Consider also a literate person who has become physically or mentally unable to read or write.
2 - No: A person who cannot read and write or just writes his/her name. Also consider not knowing how to read and write, a person that has learned how to do it, but due to the poor literacy conditions never fulfilled the learning process.