Household Living Standards Survey 2010

Vietnam, 2010

Reference ID

VNM_2010_VHLSS_v01_M

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General Statistics Office (GSO)

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Apr 25, 2019

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Apr 25, 2019

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Literacy (NEW17_LITERACY)

Data file: POPULATION

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Literate
2	Illliterate

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.

Description

Definition

The census schedule provided for recording the ability to speak and read and write Sinhala, Tamil and English. A person was considered to be able to read and write a language only if he/she could both read with understanding and write a short letter or paragraph in that language. A person who is able to read and write at least one language was regarded as literate.