Household Socio-Economic Survey, IHSES 2006/2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

Reference ID

IRQ_IHSES_2007_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

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

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Nov 30, 2016

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Literacy status (PLIT)

Data file: Iraq07-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 104202

Valid (weighted): 24854772.816

Invalid: 22987

Invalid (weighted): 5242227.177

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 132

End: 132

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2611

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	22470	4821295	19.4%
1	Can read AND write	81732	20033478	80.6%
Sysmiss		22987	5242227

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is literate (can read and write) or not

Universe

All individuals aged 6+ years

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate.
In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing.
If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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