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MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Sierra Leone, 2010
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Reference ID
SLE_2010_MICS_v01_M
Producer(s)
United Nations Children’s Fund, Statistics Sierra Leone
Collection(s)
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 23, 2013
Last modified
Sep 26, 2013
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Mother tongue of household head (HC1B)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 11394
Invalid: 529
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 69
End: 70
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the mother tongue/native language of the head of this household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Mende 4217
37%
2 Temne 3333
29.3%
3 Limba 762
6.7%
4 Creole 286
2.5%
5 Madiingo 318
2.8%
6 Loko 222
1.9%
7 Sherbro 240
2.1%
8 Kono 497
4.4%
96 Other language 1502
13.2%
99 Missing 17
0.1%
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
Circle the code corresponding to the answer given. Make sure to get the religion, ethnicity or mother tongue/native language of the household head.

Description

Source of information
Head of household or other responsible household member
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