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The United Republic of Tanzania, 2002 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1902
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TZA_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Literacy (TZ2002A_LIT)

Data file: TZA2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="TZ02A414 TZ02A415 TZ02A416"><span class="h3">C. Education</span><br />For those 5 years and more<br />[Questions 13-15.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TZ02A414">13. Literacy<br />Can [respondent] read and write in Kiswahili, in English, both in English and Kiswahili, or in any other language?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Kiswahili<br />[] 2 English<br />[] 3 Both English and Kiswahili<br />[] 4 Other language<br />[] 5 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Can read/write in Kiswahili
2 Can read/write in English
3 Can read/write in both English and Kiswahili
4 Can read/write in another language
5 Can't read or write
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 the person's literacy status. Respondents were asked whether they could read and write in Kiswahili, English, both English and Kiswahili, or any other language.
Universe
Tanzania 2002: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies; type I trace; type II 0.9%]

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