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Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985
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BFA_1985_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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Literacy (reading and writing) (BF1985A_LIT)

Data file: BFA1985_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 119
End: 120
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BF85A406 BF85A407 BF85A408 BF85A409 BF85A410 BF85A411 BF85A412"><span class="h3">Residents 10 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 9-15 were asked for residents age 10 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BF85A406">9. Knows how to read and write (in which language) ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 French
02 Arabic
03 English
04 Moore
05 Dioula
06 Fulfulde
07 Other national language
08 Other foreign language
98 Unknown
99 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 which language the person is literate in (reading and writing).
Universe
Burkina Faso 1985: Residents age 10+ [discrepancies: type 1 none; type 2 0.2%]

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