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Recensement General de la Population et du Logement 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Haiti, 1982
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HTI_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Département du Plan, Institute Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique, IPUMS
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Language of literacy (HT1982A_LANG)

Data file: HTI1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="HT82A408 HT82A409 HT82A410 HT82A411 HT82A412 HT82A413 HT82A414 HT82A415"><span class="h3">C. Educational characteristics</span><br />For persons 6 years and older.<br />[Questions 10-16 were asked of persons 6 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A409"><span class="em">15. Language: If yes, what language does the person read and write?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 French<br />[] 2 Creole<br />[] 3 Both languages</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 French
2 Creole
3 Both languages
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="HT82A409 HT82A410 HT82A411 HT82A412 HT82A413 HT82A414 HT82A415"><span class="em">C) Education</span><br />[Questions 10-16.]<br />71. Questions relating to education are only asked of people 6 years old or more. For all people less than 6 years old, the interrogation stops at question 9.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HT82A409">Question 15: Language<br />76. Specify here in which language the person is literate by checking box 1, 2 or 3.<br />This question only applies to literate people for whom "yes" is checked in question 14.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates languages spoken by the person.
Universe
Haiti 1982: Persons age 6+ who are literate [discrepancies: type I 1.6%; type II 1.4%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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