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General census of Population and Housing, 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Morocco, 2004
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MAR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Directorate, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Literacy (MA2004A_LIT)

Data file: MAY2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Individual form / population structure</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Literacy and education</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MA04A417">11. Literacy: languages read and written<br /><div class="i1">[For persons age 10 or older]<br /><br />[] 0 None<br />[] 1 Arabic only<br />[] 2 Arabic and French only<br />[] 3 Arabic, French and other languages<br />[] 4 Arabic and languages other than French, specify ____<br />[] 5 Other cases, specify _____________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Does not know how to read and write
2 Arabic only
3 Arabic and French
4 Arabic, French, and another
5 Arabic and another (not French)
6 Other cases
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable records the person's literacy status and languages.
Universe
Morocco 2004: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: type I 0.4%; type II trace]

concept

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