Codes

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Description

FLPRACTICEQ1 records whether the child correctly answered the first practice reading comprehension question. For most samples, the question states, "How old is ____?" with the name in the blank referring to the country specific name presented in the practice statement. The correct answer is "____ is 5 years old."

Comparability — Index

Comparability

This practice statement was administered to all children age 7-9 and children age 10-14 who were not currently attending school. This universe includes children who read the practice statement correctly (FLPRACTICECORRECT), except as noted below.

Differences from the stated universe result from reading booklets provided by the interviewer not being available in the language that the child speaks at home or at school. For countries that provide reading booklets in multiple languages, this variable represents the child's first chosen language or the language the child most often speaks at school or at home.

Universe

Availability

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