PHC 2000

Mongolia, 2000

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Reference ID

MNG-NSO-EN-PHC-2000-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office of Mongolia

Collections

POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS

Metadata

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Oct 16, 2025

Last modified

Nov 04, 2025

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Data file: person

Overview

Valid: 405895

Invalid: 2036822

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Are you literacy?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Literate	310366	76.5%
2	Illiterate	95529	23.5%
Sysmiss		2036822

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Person who can understanding, read and write a short, simple statement will be considered as a literate person. It involve people who are able to read in modern and old Mongolian languages and any foreign languages. Person can not read in any languages will be considered as illiterate person.

Description

Definition

Ability to read and write a short simple statement in Mongolian or any other language with understanding.

Universe

Persons aged 7 and over and who responded to the previous question as non-educated will answer to this question.

Source of information

Eligible member of household

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