Residents of 6 years or more of age (questions 20 to 24)
[Questions 20-24 were asked of persons aged 6 years or older]
20. Literacy
[] 1 AF: can read, write, and understand French only
[] 2 SLN: can read in the national language
[] 3 ALN: can read, write, and understand the national language only
[] 4 AFLN: can read, write, and understand French and the national language
[] 5 AUT: can read, write, and understand another language only
[] 6 NLE: cannot read nor write
20. Literacy
The question relative to this variable only concerns those of 6 or more years of age.
Literacy is a persons' ability to read and write, while understanding, a text on daily events in any language [national language, foreign language].
There is only one possible answer per eligible individual.
Ask the following question:
Q: "Can [the respondent] read, write, and fluently speak certain specific languages?"
Circle the code corresponding to the declaration of the counted person according to the following modalities:
[] 1. AF Can read, write, and understand French only
[] 2. SLN Can read in national language
[] 3. ALN Can read, write, and understand a national language only
[] 4. AFLN AF Can read, write, and understand French and a national language
[] 5. AUT Can read, write, and understand another language only
[] 6. NLE Can neither read nor write