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Third Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2002
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BEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
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Literacy (BJ2002A_LIT)

Data file: BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 273
End: 273
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home</p>

<p><span class="em"> Residents of 6 years or more of age</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 18 - 22 were asked of residents 6+ years old]</p>

<p>(18) Literacy</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 AF = can read, write, and understand French only<br />[] 2 SLN = can read in the national language<br />[] 3 ALN = can read, write, and understand the national language only<br />[] 4 AFLN = can read, write, and understand French and the national language<br />[] 5 AUT = can read, write, and understand another language only<br />[] 6 NLE = cannot read nor write</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Can read and write, French only
2 Can read, national language only
3 Can read and write, national language only
4 Can read and write in both French and the national language
5 Can read and write, other language only
6 Cannot read nor write
9 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 describes the person's literacy.
Universe
Benin 2002: Residents age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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