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Third General Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2005
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CMR_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, IPUMS
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Write French (CM2005A_WRITFRN)

Data file: CMR2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 308
End: 308
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM05A426 CM05A427 CM05A428 CM05A429 CM05A430 CM05A431">20. Official languages<br />Can each person read, write and speak one of the official languages?<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A494 CM05A495 CM05A496"><div class="i1">French</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Read<br />[] Write<br />[] Speak</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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 v="CM05A491 CM05A492 CM05A493 CM05A494 CM05A495 CM05A496"><span class="em">20. Official languages</span><br />The questions related to this variable are only relevant for people 12 years and older.<br /><br />Official languages are French and English. The question should be asked for each of the two languages. We are looking to find out if the person knows how to read, write, or speak at least one of the official languages.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM05A491 CM05A492 CM05A493">For English:<br /><div class="i1">Q. Does the surveyed person know how to read, write, and speak English?<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to read English (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to write in English (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to speak English (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-For each question asked, mark on the corresponding bubble the appropriate code.</div><br /></svar>
<br /><svar a="all" v="CM05A494 CM05A495 CM05A496">For French:<br /><div class="i1">Q. Does the surveyed person know how to read, write, and speak French?<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to read French (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to write in French (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-Ask if the surveyed person knows how to speak French (1=Yes, 2=No)<br />-For each question asked, mark on the corresponding bubble the appropriate code.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that a person can write in French.
Universe
Cameroon 2005: Residents of the household age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 0.9% type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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