Codes and Frequencies
Description
HUSLIT (V703) indicates whether the woman's current/last partner could read.
Comparability
Along with universe differences, question wording and response codes vary across samples. While most surveys ask if the woman's current (last) partner can (could) read a newspaper or letter, some samples distinguish between reading with difficulty and reading easily. To maximize comparability across samples, IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding. All affirmative responses about reading share a common first digit of "1," and the distinction between "reads with difficulty" (code 11) and "reads easily" (code 12) is preserved in the second digit.
For most samples (with exceptions noted below), information on literacy was collected only on men with no more than primary schooling; husbands/partners with further education were automatically coded as literate (or able to read easily).
Samples with additional comparability problems are discussed below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
HUSLIT (V703) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phase I.
Universe
- Burundi 1987: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Egypt 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Ghana 1988: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- India 1998: Ever-married women age 15-49 whose last husband never attended school or only attended grades 0 to 5.
- Jordan 1990: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Kenya 1989: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Liberia 1986: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Malawi 1992: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married or in a union whose husband's/partner's highest education level was primary.
- Mali 1987: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Morocco 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Senegal 1986: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Sri Lanka 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Sudan 1989: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1991: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Togo 1988: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Tunisia 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Uganda 1988: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
- Yemen 1991: Ever-married women age 15-54 whose husband never attended school or attended less than 4 years of primary school.
- Zimbabwe 1988: Women age 15-49 who have ever been married.
