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Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat, 16-30 août 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 1991
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RWA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministere du plan, Direction generale de la statistique, IPUMS
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Foreign language spoken (RW1991A_LANGFOR)

Data file: RWA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 203
End: 204
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="RW91A418 RW91A419"><span class="em">Population aged 6 years or older (born before August 1985).</span><br />[Questions P16-P20 were asked of persons age 6+]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="RW91A419">P17. Foreign language spoken<br /><div class="i1">In addition to his / her mother tongue, which are the languages that [the respondent] speaks?<br />Circle the number matching the letters corresponding to the answer.<br /><br />[] 1 French<br />[] 2 English<br />[] 4 Swahili<br />[] 8 Other<br />[] 16 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 French
02 English
03 French and English
04 Swahili
05 French and Swahili
06 English and Swahili
07 English, Swahili and French
08 Other language
09 French and other
10 English and other
11 French, English and other
12 Swahili and other
13 French, Swahili and English
14 Swahili, English and other
15 French, Swahili and other
16 None
99 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 the foreign language(s) spoken by the respondent.
Universe
Rwanda 1991: Non-visitors age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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