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Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992
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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (BJ1992A_LIT)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Persons of 3 years or more of age</span>
<br /> [Questions in columns 14 - 16 asked of persons 3 years or more.]</p>

<p>(14) Literacy</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 NLE: cannot read or write<br />[] 2 SEF: can read and write in French<br />[] 3 ALN: literate in the national language<br />[] 4 SLN: can read in the national language<br />[] 5 AFLN: literate in French and in the national language<br />[] 6 AUT: literate in other foreign language<br />[] 8 SO: not applicable (children younger than 3)<br />[] 9 ND: undeclared</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cannot read or write
2 Can read and write in French
3 Literate in the national language
4 Can read in the national language
5 Literate in French and in the national language
6 Literate in other foreign lanugage
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates different levels of literacy in national language, French, and other languages of individual.
Universe
Benin 1992: Persons age 3+ from a private household [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.5%]

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