Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985

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Reference ID

BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Literacy (reading and writing) (BF1985A_0406)

Data file: BFA1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 106

End: 107

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Residents 10 years of age and older
[Questions 9-15 were asked for residents age 10 and older.]

9. Knows how to read and write (in which language) ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	French
2	Arabic
3	English
4	Moore
5	Dioula
6	Fulfulde
7	Other national language
8	Other foreign language
98	Unknown
99	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

Column nine - literacy (in what language?):

A person is considered literate in a language when they are able to interpret and transcribe the details of their everyday life.

[p. 27]

You will use the following abbreviations:

[The abbreviations are omitted from this translation of the original document]

In the event a person is literate in more than one language, record the language most often used.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates which language the person is literate in (reading and writing).

Universe

Residents age 10+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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