General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Literacy (ability to read and write) (SN1988A_0419)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 185

End: 185

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982
[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]

P17. Literacy

Circle the language usually read and written:

[] 0 None
[] 1 French
[] 2 Arabic
[] 3 National language
[] 4 Other language

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not literate
1	French
2	Arabic
3	National language
4	Other language
8	Unknown
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.

Interviewer instructions

P17) Literacy (ability to read and write)

If the person does not read and does not write any language, not even a national language,
Circle: "0. NONE" (aucune)
Circle "1. FRENCH" (français) if the person reads and writes in French.
Circle "2. ARABIC" if the person reads and writes in Arabic.
Circle "3. NATIONAL LANGUAGE" if the person reads and writes in one of the national languages (Wolof, Sereer, Poular, Diola, Maninka, Soninke).
Circle "4. OTHER" if the person reads and writes in any other language.

Note: If a person reads and writes in two or more languages, circle the language that he or she estimates to read and write the best.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person can read and write in any language.

Universe

Persons age 6+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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