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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (languages) (RW2012A_LIT)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 235
End: 236
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section P: Characteristics of population </span></p>

<p>[Questions 16-19 were asked for residents aged 3 years or older.]</p>

<p>16. Can the respondent read and write with understating in the following languages?</p>
<div class="i1">Circle all that apply.<br /><br />[] 1 Kinyarwanda<br />[] 2 French<br />[] 4 English<br />[] 8 Other<br />[] 0 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 Kinyarwanda
02 French
03 Kinyarwanda and French
04 English
05 Kinyarwanda and English
06 French and English
07 Kinyarwanda, French and English
08 Other
09 Kinyarwanda and other
10 French and other
11 Kinyarwanda, French and other
12 English and other
13 Kinyarwanda, English and other
14 French, English and other
15 Kinyarwanda, French, English and other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the languages in which the person can read and write.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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