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General Census of Population and Housing, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1996
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GIN_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, Republic of Guinea, IPUMS
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Language of literacy, Guinea (LANGGN)

Data file: GIN1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 133
End: 134
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
10 Illiterate
20 National language
30 National and foreign language
31 National language and French
32 National language and English
33 National language, French, and English
34 National language and Arabic
40 Foreign language
41 French
42 English
43 French and English
44 Arabic
45 Arabic and French
50 Other
99 Unknown
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
LANGGN indicates the language or languages in which the respondent is literate: able to read and write. Illiterate persons do not report a language.

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