Home / Central Data Catalog / GIN_1983_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

General Census of Population and Housing, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983
Get Microdata
Reference ID
GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 29, 2011
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
19888
Downloads
1572

Literacy and language (GN1983A_LIT)

Data file: GIN1983_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 160
End: 160
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="GN83A409 GN83A410 GN83A411 GN83A412"><span class="em">For the population aged 6 years and above: Characteristics of education</span><br />[Questions 12-14 were asked of persons aged 6 years and above.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GN83A409">12. Literacy<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Illiterate<br />[] 2 Literate in national language<br />[] 3 Literate in Arabic<br />[] 4 Literate in French<br />[] 9 Literate in other languages</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
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.

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
Guinea 1983: Persons age 6+, not absent residents [discrepancies: type I 6.2%; type II none]

concept

Concept
Back to Catalog