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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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Literacy (RW1991A_LIT)

Data file: RWA1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
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="RW91A418">P16. Literacy<br /><div class="i1">Does [the respondent] know how to read and write?<br />Circle the number matching the letters corresponding to the answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Reads only</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, literate
2 No, illiterate
3 Knows only how to read
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 whether the respondent is literate or not.
Universe
Rwanda 1991: Non-visitors age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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