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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Literate in French (SL2015A_LITFRC)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>

<p>P25. Literacy</p>
<div class="i1">Can [the respondent] read and write a text in any of the following languages?<br /><br />[] 1. Yes, English<br />[] 2. Yes, French<br />[] 3. Yes, Arabic<br />[] 4. Yes, local language<br />[] 5. None<br />[] 6. Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No
2 Yes, literate in French
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
<span class="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">Columns (25) --Literacy (for all persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />141. Persons aged less than 10 year are not concerned with questions P25 to P40F.</p>

<p><span class="em">P25 -- Literacy</span>
<br />142. One of the objectives of collecting information on education is to stretch the definition of literacy to cover persons who can read and write with understanding in any language irrespective of the fact that they never attended a formal educational institution.</p>

<p>143. Informal education is now a widespread phenomenon in the country. It means that some persons might not have gone to formal educational institutions, but have gone through informal education and can read and write. Therefore, if the respondent says that he/she never attended school in P22, you still have to ask about literacy in P25.</p>

<p>144. Ask 'can (name) read and write in any language with understanding? 'in (P25) and enter the response as appropriate.</p>

<p>145. This question is for all persons 10 years and over, irrespective of whether they attended school or not.</p>

<p>146. Note that a person can be literate in more than one language. Use codes below to record the appropriate response:</p>
<div class="i1">Literacy codes:<br />01 Local Language only<br />02 English only<br />03 Local language and English only</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is literate in French.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons age 10+ who are literate in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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