[Mihalic] distribution of Tok Pisin across provinces

[Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies]

Yes, there was a similar question in the 2000 Census. Question 14 on the
form is "What languages can the person read and write with understanding?"
and the choices are "English, Pidgin, Motu, Tokples". Table C4 of the 2000
Census Basic Tables: National Level (Port Moresby: National Statistical
Office, 2002) concerns "Citizen Population aged 10 years and over in Private
Dwellings by Literacy, Age and Sex, 2000", but this provides information for
the country as a whole, not broken down by individual provinces.
 
However, as Robin pointed out for the 1990 Census, there are also individual
Provincial Reports prepared for each province. I don't have a complete set,
but I assume all would contain a section on literacy, as does (at least) the
one for Western Highlands. There, summary information is given on literacy
in the province for each of the four "languages" identified above, and there
is a table with percentages.
 
So some information on literacy seems to be there, but not, apparently, in
one table. And, of course, these figures say nothing about those who are not
literate in those languages, but can understand them.
 
Regards,
Don
 
Don Niles
Acting Director & Senior Ethnomusicologist
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
Box 1432
Boroko 111
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 
tel.: +675 325-4644
fax: +675 325-0531
email: ipngs at global.net.pg

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From: mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au [mailto:mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au] On
Behalf Of Robin Hide
Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2006 7:03
To: mihalic at anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: [Mihalic] distribution of Tok Pisin across provinces


The 1990 National Population Census asked a question on literacy: can
you/he/she read and write with understanding in English, Pidgin, Motu or any
other language?  (see: National Statistical Office 1994. Report on the 1990
National Population and Housing Census in Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby,
National Statistics Office.)

That publication doesnt give (I think) a provincial breakdown of the data.

So I think you have to look at the individual Provincial Reports (Each a
substantial book size): e.g.  for Simbu:
National Statistical Office 1994. Report on the 1990 National Population and
Housing Census in Chimbu Province, Port Moresby, National Statistical
Office.
and the relevant tables are on p. 121-122 (tabulated as Persons 10 years and
over by literacy in major languages and sex).

Some other publication must have produced a single National Table with
provincial breakdowns of these figures...? (tho The 1998 Papua New Guinea
Human Development Report (1999) only uses a composite Literacy figure) 

I havent seen any comparable tables for the 2000 Census- but there may well
be. 

Robin Hide


 At 05:27 AM 26/10/2006, you wrote:


I was wondering whether anyone had any stats concerning the distribution
of Tok Pisin across the provinces of PNG. More specifically, I'd like to
find some data that gives the percentage of the population of each
province that speaks Tok Pisin. Any suggestions? The only reference that
I know of is the following:

@INCOLLECTION{dutton:1985,
  author = {Dutton, T. E.},
  year = {1985},
  title = {Languages of wider communication (or lingua francas)},
  booktitle = {Papua New Guinea Atlas},
  editor = {D. King and S. Ranck},
  pages = {36-37},
  address = {Port Moresby},
  publisher = {University of Papua New Guinea},
}

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