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Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1996
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BFA_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, IPUMS
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Read write foreign language (BF1996A_LITOTH)

Data file: BFA1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BF96A416 BF96A417">Residents age 8 years or older:<br />[Questions P16 and P17 were asked for persons 8 years of age or older who were household residents.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="BF96A416 BF96A417"><span class="em">Literacy:</span><br /><br />Does [person] know how to read and write a language fluently?<br /><br />Circle the corresponding code.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BF96A416">P16. Foreign:<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 = None<br />[] 1 = French<br />[] 2 = Arabic<br />[] 3 = English<br />[] 4 = Other foreign language</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BF96A417">P17. National:<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 = None<br />[] 1 = Mooré [Mossi language]<br />[] 2 = Dioula [Mande language]<br />[] 3 = Fufuldé [Fula or Fulani language]<br />[] 4 = Other national language</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
None
1 French
2 Arabic
3 English
4 Other
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 whether the person can read and write a foreign language. The enumeration form indicates that this should have been asked of household residents age 8+, but it appears to have been asked of all residents age 6+.
Universe
Burkina Faso 1996: Persons age 6+ who are residents of the household [discrepancies: type 1 trace; type 2 none]

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