Population and Housing Census 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998

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Reference ID

MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 03, 2012

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Literate in other languages (MW1998A_0411)

Data file: MWI1998-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 167

End: 167

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions B10-B15 are for persons age 5 and older]

B12. Literacy: other

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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.

Interviewer instructions

Part B: Characteristics of Individual Household Members

3. Persons age 5 years or older

Literacy: Literacy refers to a person's ability to read and write a simple statement in Chichewa, English or any other language. Note: This is not necessarily the same as a person's ability to speak and/or understand a particular language.

B12. Able to read and write other language: Ask whether each person age 5 years or older is able to read and write any simple statement in any language. Record the appropriate code for the response in column B12.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person is literate in other languages besides English and Chichewa.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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