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Fourth Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2013
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BEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (BJ2013A_LIT)

Data file: BEN2013_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Residents of 6 years or more of age (questions 20 to 24)</span>
<br />[Questions 20-24 were asked of persons aged 6 years or older]</p>

<p><span class="em">20. Literacy</span><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, write, and understand French only
2 Can read in the national language
3 Can read, write, and understand the national language only
4 Can read, write, and understand French and the national language
5 Can read, write, and understand another 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 indicates the person's literacy level.
Universe
Benin 2013: Persons age 6+ years [discrepancies: none]

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