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Ask only if this person is five years old or more
13. Literacy
Does this person know how to read and write a message? Circle only one answer.
3 Yes
4 No
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13. Literacy
A person knows how to read and write when they can read and write at least a message in any tongue or language.
Keep in mind that a person does not know how to read nor write if they can only write their name, a few words, or numbers.
With responses, such as "I read a little," "not much," "more or less," or "I have bad handwriting," it is necessary to ask if they really can read and write a message.
If, because of an accident or advanced age, the person cannot read or write, but they knew how to do so, consider them as knowing how.
[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]
Even if the person does not know how to read and write, always ask the questions for attendance and schooling.