Welfare Monitary Survey 3, 1997, Third Round

Kenya, 1997

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

CSV JSON

Literacy status of the member (q1.6)

Data file: HH Roster

Overview

Valid: 27758

Invalid: 22955

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Can [Name] read and write? (Members 15 and older)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Can read and write	21171	76.3%
2	Cannot read and write	6587	23.7%
Sysmiss		22955

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.

var_qstn_ivuinstr

Answer for members aged 15 vears and older. Can the member read and write a simple sentence in any language? If so, shade. The question is concerned with functional literacy (the ability to lead and write everyday sentences and commonly available text such as newspapers). People that can read but not write are considered illiterate here and should shade Literacy can be in any language, provided it is commonly used in a written form.