[Mihalic] distribution of Tok Pisin across provinces

[Robin Hide]

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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