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The United Republic of Tanzania, Population Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1988
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TZA_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Read and write Kiswahili (TZ1988A_LIT)

Data file: TZA1988_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 200
End: 200
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TZ88A413 TZ88A414 TZ88A415 TZ88A416 TZ88A417 TZ88A418"><span class="h2">Persons 5 years and older</span><br />[Applied to questions 14 to 18]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TZ88A413">14. Does [the respondent] know how to read and write in Kiswahili?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent can read and write in Kiswahili.
Universe
Tanzania 1988: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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