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General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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Literacy (ability to read and write) (SN1988A_LIT)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SN88A416 SN88A417 SN88A418 SN88A419 SN88A420 SN88A421 SN88A422 SN88A423 SN88A433 SN88A434 SN88A435"><span class="h3">For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982</span><br />[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SN88A419">P17. Literacy<br /><div class="i1">Circle the language usually read and written:<br /><br />[] 0 None<br />[] 1 French<br />[] 2 Arabic<br />[] 3 National language<br />[] 4 Other language</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar a="all" v="SN88A419">P17) Literacy (ability to read and write)<br /><br />If the person does not read and does not write any language, not even a national language, <div class="i1">Circle: "0. NONE" (<span class="lang">aucune</span>)<br />Circle "1. FRENCH" (<span class="lang">français</span>) if the person reads and writes in French.<br />Circle "2. ARABIC" if the person reads and writes in Arabic.<br />Circle "3. NATIONAL LANGUAGE" if the person reads and writes in one of the national languages (Wolof, Sereer, Poular, Diola, Maninka, Soninke).<br />Circle "4. OTHER" if the person reads and writes in any other language.</div><br /><br />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. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read and write in any language.
Universe
Senegal 1988: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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