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Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985
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BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center
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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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