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Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1987
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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, IPUMS
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Literacy (CM1987A_LIT)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 220
End: 221
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM87A422 CM87A423 CM87A424"><span class="em">Population of 11 years and older (born before April 1976)</span><br />[Questions 23-26 were asked of persons 11 years old or more.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM87A424">P25. Illiteracy<br /><div class="i1">Can [the respondent] read and write? Circle the number corresponding to the appropriate symbol according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />[] 1 Can read and write French or English<br />[] 2 Can read and write one national language only<br />[] 3 Can read and write another language only<br />[] 4 Can neither read nor write</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Can read and write French or English
02 Can read and write one national language only
03 Can read and write another language only
04 Cannot neither read nor write
09 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person can read and write or not in either French or English.
Universe
Cameroon 1987: Persons age 11+ from private households [Discrepancies: none]

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