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Grand Census 2013 of Population, Housing, Agruculture, Livestock, and Farming - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2013
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SEN_2013_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Agency of Statistics and Demography, IPUMS
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Literacy in French (read and write) (SN2013A_LITFR)

Data file: SEN2013_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 432
End: 432
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">B. Individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Population aged 6 years or older</span>
<br />[Question B33 through B40 were asked of resident person age 6 or older.]</p>

<p>B34. Literacy</p>
<div class="i1">Does [the respondent] know how to read and write?<br />Enter the code corresponding to the answer: 1 if yes and 0 if no.<br />Note: FR= French, AR= Arabic, WO= Wolof, PU= Pulaar, SE= Sereer, MA= Mandingo, DI= Diola, SO= Soninké, OL= Other Language</div><div class="i1">French</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 0 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
<span class="h3">4.2. Part B: individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">B34: literacy</span>
<br />Literacy is a person's ability to read and write by understanding a text related to the facts of everyday life in any language.
<br />Record all languages that the respondent can read and write by entering the number ''1'' or ''0'' in the corresponding boxes: </p>
<div class="i1">FR: French;<br />AR: Arabic;<br />WO: Wolof;<br />PU: <span class="lang">Poular</span>;<br />SE: <span class="lang">Sérer</span>;<br />MA: <span class="lang">Manding</span>;<br />DI: <span class="lang">Diola</span>;<br />SO: <span class="lang">Soninke</span>;<br />AL: Other language.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read and write in French.
Universe
Senegal 2013: Residents age 6+ who can read and write in ordinary households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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