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class=687342422-25102006>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 <EM>2000 Census Basic Tables: National Level </EM>(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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=687342422-25102006>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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=687342422-25102006>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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=687342422-25102006>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=687342422-25102006>Don</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au
[mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robin
Hide<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 26 October 2006 7:03<BR><B>To:</B>
mihalic@anu.edu.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mihalic] distribution of Tok Pisin
across provinces<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>The 1990 National Population Census asked a question on literacy:
<I>can you/he/she read and write with understanding in English, Pidgin, Motu or
any other language? (see: </I><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times">National
Statistical Office 1994. <I>Report on the 1990 National Population and Housing
Census in Papua New Guinea.</I> Port Moresby, National Statistics
Office.)<BR><BR>That publication doesnt give (I think) a provincial breakdown of
the data.<BR><BR>So I think you have to look at the individual Provincial
Reports (Each a substantial book size): e.g. for Simbu:<BR>National
Statistical Office 1994. <I>Report on the 1990 National Population and Housing
Census in Chimbu Province,</I> Port Moresby, National Statistical Office.<BR>and
the relevant tables are on p. 121-122 (tabulated as Persons 10 years and over by
literacy in major languages and sex).<BR><BR>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) <BR><BR>I havent seen any comparable tables for the
2000 Census- but there may well be. <BR><BR>Robin
Hide<BR><BR><BR></FONT> At 05:27 AM 26/10/2006, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I was wondering whether anyone had
any stats concerning the distribution<BR>of Tok Pisin across the provinces of
PNG. More specifically, I'd like to<BR>find some data that gives the
percentage of the population of each<BR>province that speaks Tok Pisin. Any
suggestions? The only reference that<BR>I know of is the
following:<BR><BR>@INCOLLECTION{dutton:1985,<BR> author = {Dutton, T.
E.},<BR> year = {1985},<BR> title = {Languages of wider
communication (or lingua francas)},<BR> booktitle = {Papua New Guinea
Atlas},<BR> editor = {D. King and S. Ranck},<BR> pages =
{36-37},<BR> address = {Port Moresby},<BR> publisher = {University
of Papua New Guinea},<BR>}<BR><BR>+
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