General Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983

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GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Literacy and language (GN1983A_0409)

Data file: GIN1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 150

End: 150

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For the population aged 6 years and above: Characteristics of education
[Questions 12-14 were asked of persons aged 6 years and above.]

12. Literacy

[] 1 Illiterate
[] 2 Literate in national language
[] 3 Literate in Arabic
[] 4 Literate in French
[] 9 Literate in other languages

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Illiterate
2	Literate in national language
3	Literate in Arabic
4	Literate in French
5	Literate in Arabic/national lang
6	Literate in Arabic/French
7	Literate in national language/French
8	Literate in other language
9	Unknown

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

B. Educational characteristics for the population aged 6 and older

Column (11): Literacy
122. A person is considered literate in a language if he/she knows how to read and write in that language. Depending on whether or not the person being interviewed is literate or not, record:

ILL for illiterate, .i.e., is not literate in any national or foreign language;
LN for literate in [the] National Language only;
AR for literate in Arabic. Those who can read and write the Koran are considered literate in Arabic;
FR for literate in French;
LN/AR for those who are literate in both the national language and Arabic;
AR/FR for those who are literate in both Arabic and French;
AUT for those who are literate in languages other than those indicate above.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if an individual is literate in particular languages. A lot of children under age six have also given responses.

Universe

Persons age 6+, not absent residents

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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