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Demographic and Health Survey 1993, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Burkina Faso, 1992 - 1993
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BFA_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Reported literacy (W_LIT1)

Data file: BFA1993-W

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Cannot read
10 Reads
11 Reads with difficulty
12 Reads easily
98 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
LIT1 (V108) indicates whether the woman could read. This information was obtained in response to the question, "Can you read a letter or newspaper easily, with difficulty, or not at all?" In many countries, persons with secondary or higher levels of schooling were presumed to "read easily," but coding criteria varied across countries. Simply asking women whether and how easily they could read was the approach used to determine literacy in DHS Phases 1-3.

Beginning in Phase 4, a different approach was employed to determine literacy. See LIT2 (V155) for details about that second approach, which involved having the respondent read a sentence aloud. See LITBRIG for information about using the data on literacy across all phases of the DHS.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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