Demographic and Health Survey 1993, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Burkina Faso, 1992 - 1993

Reference ID

BFA_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 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

Value	Category
0	Cannot read
10	Reads
11	Reads with difficulty
12	Reads easily
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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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