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24. Literacy: Does [the respondent] know how to read and write a message?

Circle one code only

[] 1 Yes
[] 3 No

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15.3 Section III. People characteristics

In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.

Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.

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For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.

Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.

24. Literacy
This question identifies people who are of 5 years and older who can read and write a message.

Read the question mentioning the name of the person and circle the answer.

Consider that the person does know how to do it when:

- At least he or she can read and write a message in some language, whatever it maybe.
- Due to an accident, illness, or old age
he/she cannot read and write, but at some point in his/her life, he/she knew how to do it or could do so.

A person is not literate if he/she can only write his/her name, a few words, and numbers and read advertisements.

For answers such as "not much", "more or less" or "my handwriting is bad", ask if the person can read and write a complete message, to verify if he/she really knows how to read and write.

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The literacy question is presented in the census manager as follows:

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