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II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
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MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, IPUMS
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Speaks Portuguese (MZ1997A_PORTUG)

Data file: MOZ1997_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]</p>

<p><span class="h2">FOR PEOPLE AGED 5+ ONLY. </span></p>

<p><span class="em">15. Does (the person) know how to speak Portuguese?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes <br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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="h3">Questions Only Directed For People With 5 Years And Older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P15. Know to speak portuguese?</span>
<br />Read the question and wait for the reply. You must consider that the person can speak Portuguese when he/she can talk, understand and express themselves in Portuguese, yet they do not speak the language correctly. In these cases, mark X in box number 1. If the person does not speak Portuguese, check the X in box number 2.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that a person speaks Portuguese.
Universe
Mozambique 1997: Residents of the household age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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