id,name,description,createdAt,updatedAt,datasetId,additionalInfo,link,dataPublishedBy
15531,DHS Surveys,"{""link"": ""https://dhsprogram.com/data"", ""retrievedDate"": ""16/05/2018"", ""additionalInfo"": ""The adult literacy rate is defined as the percentage of survey respondents, aged 15 and above, who can read. The 155 literacy variable indicates whether a respondent who attended primary schooling can read a whole or part of a sentence showed. A respondent who attended secondary education or higher are coded 2 as well as respondent who could read a whole sentence. Possible categories include: 0 - cannot read at all; 1 - able to read only parts of sentence; 2 - able to read whole sentence; 3 - no card with required language; 4 - blind/visually impaired. Our estimates exclude those in categories 3 and 4. \n\nThe methodology for constructing this variable is as follows:\n
\n- The DHS surveys for men and women were pooled
\n- Created a dichotomous literacy variable, combining categories 1 'able to read only parts of sentence' with 2 'able to read whole sentence' to represent literate respondents, and 0 'cannot read at all' for illiterate respondents
\n- Summed the total number of respondents who were classified as literate and the total number of respondents, for each country in each year
\n- Calculated the literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of people in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
\n- Calculated the female literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of females in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
\n- Calculated the male literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of males in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
\n
\n\nThe number of survey respondents varies from country-to-country and year-to-year. Therefore, comparisons across countries should be made with caution. \n\nDHS surveys are conducted approximately every 5 years in phases. The literacy variable (155) is available from phase 4 onward. Hence, Phase 7 corresponds to 2015; phase 6 to 2010; phase 5 to 2005; and phase 4 to 2000. As this dataset brings together a number of countries across various phases, the year has been assigned according to the survey phase. Note the actual year the survey was conducted in a country may differ to the year assigned, but the survey will have been undertaken within the five year interval between each phase. \n\nFor further information on the DHS surveys visit: https://dhsprogram.com/data/"", ""dataPublishedBy"": ""DHS"", ""dataPublisherSource"": ""Surveys""}",2018-05-16 14:45:14,2018-05-18 15:42:57,2794,"The adult literacy rate is defined as the percentage of survey respondents, aged 15 and above, who can read. The 155 literacy variable indicates whether a respondent who attended primary schooling can read a whole or part of a sentence showed. A respondent who attended secondary education or higher are coded 2 as well as respondent who could read a whole sentence. Possible categories include: 0 - cannot read at all; 1 - able to read only parts of sentence; 2 - able to read whole sentence; 3 - no card with required language; 4 - blind/visually impaired. Our estimates exclude those in categories 3 and 4.
The methodology for constructing this variable is as follows:
- The DHS surveys for men and women were pooled
- Created a dichotomous literacy variable, combining categories 1 'able to read only parts of sentence' with 2 'able to read whole sentence' to represent literate respondents, and 0 'cannot read at all' for illiterate respondents
- Summed the total number of respondents who were classified as literate and the total number of respondents, for each country in each year
- Calculated the literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of people in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
- Calculated the female literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of females in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
- Calculated the male literacy rate (% of total respondents) = (number of males in category 1 and 2 / number of respondents) * 100
The number of survey respondents varies from country-to-country and year-to-year. Therefore, comparisons across countries should be made with caution.
DHS surveys are conducted approximately every 5 years in phases. The literacy variable (155) is available from phase 4 onward. Hence, Phase 7 corresponds to 2015; phase 6 to 2010; phase 5 to 2005; and phase 4 to 2000. As this dataset brings together a number of countries across various phases, the year has been assigned according to the survey phase. Note the actual year the survey was conducted in a country may differ to the year assigned, but the survey will have been undertaken within the five year interval between each phase.
For further information on the DHS surveys visit: https://dhsprogram.com/data/",https://dhsprogram.com/data,DHS