Source Variables

Some unharmonized variables may not be available.

Variable
Variable Label
 Type Sample
AR1970A_LIT Literacy P Argentina 1970
AR1980A_LIT Literacy P Argentina 1980
AR1991A_LIT Literacy P Argentina 1991
AR2001A_LIT Know how to read and write P Argentina 2001
AR2010A_LIT Literacy P Argentina 2010
AM2001A_LIT Literacy P Armenia 2001
AM2011A_BIRTHYR Year of birth P Armenia 2011
AM2011A_LIT Literacy P Armenia 2011
BD1991A_LIT Literacy P Bangladesh 1991
BD2001A_LIT Literacy P Bangladesh 2001
BD2011A_LIT Literacy P Bangladesh 2011
BY1999A_EDLEV Education P Belarus 1999
BJ1992A_LIT Literacy P Benin 1992
BJ2002A_LIT Literacy P Benin 2002
BJ2013A_LIT Literacy P Benin 2013
BO1976A_LIT Literacy P Bolivia 1976
BO1992A_LIT Literacy P Bolivia 1992
BO2001A_LIT Literacy P Bolivia 2001
BO2012A_LIT Can you read and write P Bolivia 2012
BR1960A_LIT Literacy P Brazil 1960
BR1970A_LIT Literacy P Brazil 1970
BR1980A_READWRIT Know how to read and write P Brazil 1980
BR1991A_LIT Literacy P Brazil 1991
BR2000A_LIT Know how to read and write P Brazil 2000
BR2010A_LIT Can read and write P Brazil 2010
BF1985A_LIT Literacy (reading and writing) P Burkina Faso 1985
BF1996A_LITOTH Read write foreign language P Burkina Faso 1996
BF1996A_LIT Read write national language P Burkina Faso 1996
BF2006A_LITFLANG Literacy in foreign language P Burkina Faso 2006
BF2006A_LITNAT Literacy in national language P Burkina Faso 2006
KH1998A_LIT Literacy P Cambodia 1998
KH2004A_LIT Literacy P Cambodia 2004
KH2008A_LITOTH Literate in other language P Cambodia 2008
KH2019A_LIT Read and write Khmer P Cambodia 2019
KH2019A_LITO Read and write any other language P Cambodia 2019
CM1987A_LIT Literacy P Cameroon 1987
CM2005A_LANGUAGE Literacy in national languages P Cameroon 2005
CL1960A_LIT Literacy P Chile 1960
CL1970A_LIT Literacy P Chile 1970
CL1982A_LIT Literacy P Chile 1982
CL1992A_LIT Know how to read and write P Chile 1992
CL2002A_LIT Able to read and write P Chile 2002
CN1982A_EDUC Education level P China 1982
CN1990A_EDLEV1 Educational level P China 1990
CN2000A_LIT Literacy P China 2000
CO1964A_LIT Literacy P Colombia 1964
CO1973A_LIT Knows how to read and write P Colombia 1973
CO1985A_LIT Can read and write P Colombia 1985
CO1993A_LIT Literacy P Colombia 1993
CO2005A_LIT Knows how to read and write P Colombia 2005
CR1963A_LIT Able to read and write P Costa Rica 1963
CR1973A_LIT Literacy P Costa Rica 1973
CR1984A_LIT Literacy P Costa Rica 1984
CR2000A_LIT Literacy P Costa Rica 2000
CR2011A_LIT Literacy P Costa Rica 2011
CI1988A_EDLEV Level of education P Côte d'Ivoire 1988
CI1998A_LIT Literacy P Côte d'Ivoire 1998
DO1960A_LIT Literacy P Dominican Republic 1960
DO1970A_LIT Literacy P Dominican Republic 1970
DO1981A_LIT Able to read and write P Dominican Republic 1981
DO2002A_LIT Read and write P Dominican Republic 2002
DO2010A_LIT Can read and write P Dominican Republic 2010
EC1962A_LIT Literacy P Ecuador 1962
EC1974A_LIT Literacy P Ecuador 1974
EC1982A_LIT Able to read and write P Ecuador 1982
EC1990A_LIT Literacy P Ecuador 1990
EC2001A_LIT Can read and write P Ecuador 2001
EC2010A_LIT Knows how to read and write P Ecuador 2010
EG1986A_EDATTAIN Educational attainment P Egypt 1986
EG1996A_LIT Literate P Egypt 1996
EG2006A_EDLEVEL Educational level (main code) P Egypt 2006
SV1992A_LIT Literacy P El Salvador 1992
SV2007A_LIT Can read and write P El Salvador 2007
ET1984A_EDATTAN Education level completed P Ethiopia 1984
ET1994A_EDATTAN Education level completed P Ethiopia 1994
ET2007A_LIT Literacy P Ethiopia 2007
GH2000A_LIT Literacy P Ghana 2000
GH2010A_LIT Literacy P Ghana 2010
GR1971A_LIT Does person know how to read and write? P Greece 1971
GR1981A_EDLEV Level of education P Greece 1981
GR1991A_EDATTAIN Level of education P Greece 1991
GR2001A_EDATTAN Level of Education P Greece 2001
GR2011A_EDATTAIN Level of education completed P Greece 2011
GT1964A_LIT Literacy P Guatemala 1964
GT1973A_LIT Literacy P Guatemala 1973
GT1981A_LIT Literacy P Guatemala 1981
GT1994A_LIT Literacy P Guatemala 1994
GT2002A_LIT Literacy P Guatemala 2002
GN1983A_LIT Literacy and language P Guinea 1983
GN1996A_LIT Literacy and language P Guinea 1996
GN2014A_LIT Literacy P Guinea 2014
HT1971A_LIT Do you know how to read and write? P Haiti 1971
HT1982A_LIT Literate P Haiti 1982
HT2003A_READ Knows how to read and write P Haiti 2003
HN1961A_LIT Able to read P Honduras 1961
HN1988A_LIT Able to read and write P Honduras 1988
HN2001A_LIT Able to read and write P Honduras 2001
ID1971A_LIT Literacy P Indonesia 1971
ID1976A_LIT Literacy P Indonesia 1976
ID1980A_LIT Able to read and write P Indonesia 1980
ID1985A_LIT Ability to read/write P Indonesia 1985
ID1990A_LIT Ability to read and write P Indonesia 1990
ID1995A_SCHOOL School attendance P Indonesia 1995
ID1995A_LIT Literacy P Indonesia 1995
ID2005A_LITLATIN Can read and write Latin letters P Indonesia 2005
ID2005A_LITARABI Can read and write Arabic letters P Indonesia 2005
ID2005A_LITOTHER Can read and write other letters P Indonesia 2005
ID2010A_LITLATIN Can read and write Latin characters P Indonesia 2010
ID2010A_LITOTHER Can read and write other characters P Indonesia 2010
IR2006A_LIT Literacy P Iran 2006
IR2011A_LIT Literacy status P Iran 2011
IQ1997A_LIT Literacy P Iraq 1997
IT2001A_EDATTAN Highest educational degree obtained P Italy 2001
JO2004A_EDLEV2 Educational status P Jordan 2004
KE1989A_LIT Literacy P Kenya 1989
KG1999A_EDLEV Education P Kyrgyzstan 1999
KG2009A_LIT Read and write P Kyrgyzstan 2009
LA1995A_LIT Read and write Lao P Laos 1995
LA2005A_LIT Read and write Lao P Laos 2005
LA2015A_LIT Can read and write P Laos 2015
LS2006A_LIT Literacy (read and write) P Lesotho 2006
LR1974A_LIT Literacy P Liberia 1974
LR2008A_LIT Literacy P Liberia 2008
MW1987A_CHICHEWA Literate in Chichewa P Malawi 1987
MW1998A_ENGLISH Literate in English P Malawi 1998
MW2008A_LITLANGS Literacy, detailed P Malawi 2008
MY1970A_LANGLIT Language of literacy P Malaysia 1970
MY1980A_LIT1 Literacy P Malaysia 1980
MY2000A_LIT Reading and writing in any language P Malaysia 2000
ML1987A_LIT Literacy P Mali 1987
ML1998A_LIT Literacy P Mali 1998
ML2009A_LIT Literacy P Mali 2009
MU1990A_LIT Languages read and written P Mauritius 1990
MU2000A_LIT Languages read and written P Mauritius 2000
MU2011A_LIT Languages read and written P Mauritius 2011
MX1960A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 1960
MX1970A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 1970
MX1990A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 1990
MX1995A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 1995
MX2000A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 2000
MX2005A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 2005
MX2010A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 2010
MX2015A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 2015
MX2020A_LIT Literacy P Mexico 2020
MN1989A_EDU Education level P Mongolia 1989
MN2000A_LIT Ability to read and write P Mongolia 2000
MA1982A_LIT Literacy P Morocco 1982
MA1994A_LIT Literacy P Morocco 1994
MA2004A_LIT Literacy P Morocco 2004
MA2014A_LIT Literacy (ability to read and write) P Morocco 2014
MZ1997A_LIT Literacy P Mozambique 1997
MZ2007A_LIT Literacy P Mozambique 2007
MM2014A_LIT Read and write P Myanmar 2014
NP2001A_LIT Can read and write P Nepal 2001
NP2011A_LIT Literacy P Nepal 2011
NI1971A_LIT Literacy P Nicaragua 1971
NI1995A_LIT Literacy P Nicaragua 1995
NI2005A_LIT Literacy P Nicaragua 2005
PK1973A_LIT Literacy P Pakistan 1973
PK1981A_LIT Literacy P Pakistan 1981
PK1998A_LIT Literacy P Pakistan 1998
PS1997A_EDATTAN Educational attainment P Palestine 1997
PS2007A_EDATTAIN Educational attainment P Palestine 2007
PS2017A_EDATTAIN Educational attainment P Palestine 2017
PA1960A_LIT Literacy P Panama 1960
PA1970A_LIT Literacy P Panama 1970
PA1980A_LIT Able to read and write P Panama 1980
PA1990A_READ Ability to read and write P Panama 1990
PA2000A_LIT Able to read and write P Panama 2000
PA2010A_LIT Able to read and write P Panama 2010
PY1962A_LIT Literacy (reads and writes) P Paraguay 1962
PY1972A_LIT Literacy P Paraguay 1972
PY1982A_LIT Able to read and write P Paraguay 1982
PE1993A_LIT Literacy P Peru 1993
PE2007A_LIT Literacy P Peru 2007
PE2017A_LIT Can read and write P Peru 2017
PH1990A_LIT Literacy P Philippines 1990
PH2000A_LIT Literacy P Philippines 2000
PH2010A_LIT Literacy P Philippines 2010
PT1981A_LIT Literacy P Portugal 1981
PT1991A_LIT Literacy P Portugal 1991
PT2001A_LIT Literacy P Portugal 2001
PT2011A_LIT Literate P Portugal 2011
PR1970A_PRLIT Literacy P Puerto Rico 1970
PR1980A_PRLIT Literacy P Puerto Rico 1980
PR1990A_PRLIT Literacy P Puerto Rico 1990
RO1977A_EDLEV Type of the highest level of school graduated P Romania 1977
RO1992A_EDATTAIN Highest level of schooling completed P Romania 1992
RO2002A_EDATTAIN Highest level of schooling completed P Romania 2002
RO2011A_LIT Literacy P Romania 2011
RU2002A_EDATTAIN Educational attainment P Russia 2002
RU2010A_EDATTAIN Educational attainment P Russia 2010
RW1991A_LIT Literacy P Rwanda 1991
RW2002A_LIT Literacy P Rwanda 2002
RW2012A_LIT Literacy (languages) P Rwanda 2012
SN1988A_LIT Literacy (ability to read and write) P Senegal 1988
SN2002A_LIT Literacy P Senegal 2002
SN2013A_LIT Literacy (read and write) P Senegal 2013
SL2004A_LIT Literacy P Sierra Leone 2004
SL2015A_LIT Read and write a simple text in any language P Sierra Leone 2015
SS2008A_LIT Literacy P South Sudan 2008
ES1981A_LIT Knows how to read? P Spain 1981
ES1991A_EDLEV Studies completed (level of instruction) P Spain 1991
ES2001A_EDLEV Level of education completed P Spain 2001
SD2008A_LIT Literacy P Sudan 2008
TZ1988A_LIT Read and write Kiswahili P Tanzania 1988
TZ2002A_LIT Literacy P Tanzania 2002
TZ2012A_LIT Literacy P Tanzania 2012
TH1970A_LIT Literacy P Thailand 1970
TH1980A_LIT Literacy P Thailand 1980
TH1990A_LIT Literacy P Thailand 1990
TH2000A_LIT Literacy P Thailand 2000
TG1960A_EDATTAIN Level of education P Togo 1960
TG1970A_DEGREE Educational certificate P Togo 1970
TG2010A_LIT Literacy P Togo 2010
TR1985A_LIT Literacy P Turkey 1985
TR1990A_LIT Literacy P Turkey 1990
TR2000A_LIT Literacy P Turkey 2000
UG1991A_LIT Literacy P Uganda 1991
UG2002A_LIT Literacy P Uganda 2002
UG2014A_LIT Literacy P Uganda 2014
UA2001A_EDATTAN Education P Ukraine 2001
UY1963A_LIT Literacy P Uruguay 1963
UY1975A_LIT Literacy P Uruguay 1975
UY1985A_LIT Able to read and write P Uruguay 1985
UY1996A_LIT Literacy P Uruguay 1996
UY2006A_LIT Literacy P Uruguay 2006
UY2011A_LIT Literacy P Uruguay 2011
VE1971A_LIT Able to read and write P Venezuela 1971
VE1981A_LIT Literacy P Venezuela 1981
VE1990A_LIT Literacy P Venezuela 1990
VE2001A_LIT Knows how to read and write P Venezuela 2001
VN1989A_LITERACY Literacy P Vietnam 1989
VN1999A_LITERACY Literacy P Vietnam 1999
VN2009A_LIT Literacy P Vietnam 2009
VN2019A_EDLEV Highest level of education or training completed P Vietnam 2019
VN2019A_LIT Literacy P Vietnam 2019
ZM1990A_LIT Can read and write in any language P Zambia 1990
ZM2000A_LIT Can read and write in any language P Zambia 2000
ZM2010A_LIT Literacy P Zambia 2010