South African Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)

Collections

South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Oct 18, 2012

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Literacy-English (LITENGL)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 46

loc_end_pos: 46

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. Language and literacy: Indicate with crosses whether each person can SPEAK (communicate in), READ and/or WRITE the following languages.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		955442	63.2%
1	English- Speak only	74379	4.9%
2	English- Read and write only	30261	2%
3	English- Speak, read and write	451920	29.9%

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 records the level of fluency in English of the individual household member, specifically recording whether the individual can speak, read or write in English.

Universe

Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)

Source of information

Household member

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