Literacy

https://publicschema.org/vocab/literacy

candidate

Whether a person can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life.

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Standard reference

UNSD Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev.3 (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/Standards-and-Methods/files/Principles_and_Recommendations/Population-and-Housing-Censuses/Series_M67rev3-E.pdf)

Para 2.202: binary classification of literacy.

Aligned standards

Standard Equivalent Match
OpenCRVS v2 event service No v1 equivalent none
OpenCRVS v2 does not include a literacy field or vocabulary.

Values

Code Label Standard code Definition
literate Literate Can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life.
illiterate Illiterate Cannot, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life.

System mappings

dhs

System vocabulary: v155 - Literacy

System code System label literacy value
0 Cannot read at all illiterate
1 Able to read only parts of sentence illiterate
2 Able to read a whole sentence literate

mics

System vocabulary: FN3 - Literacy

System code System label literacy value
1 Cannot read at all illiterate
2 Able to read only parts of sentence illiterate
3 Able to read a whole sentence literate
4 No card with required language context dependent
5 Blind/visually impaired context dependent

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