Fourth General Census of Population and Housing 2009 - IPUMS Subset
Mali, 2009
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MLI_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS
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- MLI2009_PHC-H-H.dat
- MLI2009_PHC-P-H.dat
Language spoken fluently (ML2009A_LANGFLU)
Data file: MLI2009_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
260
End:
261
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">Population age three or older</span>
<br />[Questions P18-P23 were asked for persons age 3+.]</p>
<p><span class="em">P23) Spoken</span>
<br />What language does [Name] speak fluently?</p>
<div class="i1">Record code corresponding to the answer based on the instructions at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />[] 00 Person not applicable<br />[] 01 Bambara<br />[] 02 Malinke<br />[] 03 Peul/Foulfoulbe<br />[] 04 Sonrai/Djerma<br />[] 05 Maraka/Soninke<br />[] 06 Kassonke<br />[] 07 Senoufo<br />[] 08 Dogon<br />[] 09 Maure<br />[] 10 Tamacheq<br />[] 11 Bobo<br />[] 12 Dafing<br />[] 13 Minianka<br />[] 14 Haoussa<br />[] 15 Samogo<br />[] 16 Bozo<br />[] 17 Arab<br />[] 18 Other Malian languages<br />[] 19 Other African languages<br />[] 20 Other foreign languages</div>
<br />[Questions P18-P23 were asked for persons age 3+.]</p>
<p><span class="em">P23) Spoken</span>
<br />What language does [Name] speak fluently?</p>
<div class="i1">Record code corresponding to the answer based on the instructions at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />[] 00 Person not applicable<br />[] 01 Bambara<br />[] 02 Malinke<br />[] 03 Peul/Foulfoulbe<br />[] 04 Sonrai/Djerma<br />[] 05 Maraka/Soninke<br />[] 06 Kassonke<br />[] 07 Senoufo<br />[] 08 Dogon<br />[] 09 Maure<br />[] 10 Tamacheq<br />[] 11 Bobo<br />[] 12 Dafing<br />[] 13 Minianka<br />[] 14 Haoussa<br />[] 15 Samogo<br />[] 16 Bozo<br />[] 17 Arab<br />[] 18 Other Malian languages<br />[] 19 Other African languages<br />[] 20 Other foreign languages</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 01 | Bambara |
| 02 | Malinké |
| 03 | Peul or Foulfoulbé |
| 04 | Sonraï or Djerma |
| 05 | Maraka or Soninké |
| 06 | Kassonké |
| 07 | Sénoufo |
| 08 | Dogon |
| 09 | Maure |
| 10 | Tamacheq |
| 11 | Bobo |
| 12 | Dafing |
| 13 | Minianka |
| 14 | Haoussa |
| 15 | Samogo |
| 16 | Bozo |
| 17 | Arabic |
| 18 | Other Malian languages |
| 19 | Other African languages |
| 20 | Other foreign languages |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em"> 6.2.3.22 Language spoken (Column P23) </span>
<br />The officer asked the following question: "What is the language that [Name] speaks fluently?." Enter the code in the box provided for this purpose (codes in the footer of the questionnaire). The fluently spoken language is either his native language or another language. Frequency is taken into account. A person can be from an ethnic group, have a native language that is different from that spoken by his/her ethnicity and fluently speaks a language other than the language of the ethnicity and the native language.
<br />The officer asked the following question: "What is the language that [Name] speaks fluently?." Enter the code in the box provided for this purpose (codes in the footer of the questionnaire). The fluently spoken language is either his native language or another language. Frequency is taken into account. A person can be from an ethnic group, have a native language that is different from that spoken by his/her ethnicity and fluently speaks a language other than the language of the ethnicity and the native language.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the language spoken fluently by the person.
Universe
Mali 2009: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |