Language Problems in Demographic Field Work in Africa: The Case of the Cameroon Fertility Survey. Scientific Reports, No. 2.

Autor/in	Ware, Helen
Institution	World Fertility Survey, London (England).; International Statistical Inst., Voorburg (Netherlands).
Titel	Language Problems in Demographic Field Work in Africa: The Case of the Cameroon Fertility Survey. Scientific Reports, No. 2.
Quelle	(1977), (48 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Abortions; African Languages; Basaa; Birth Rate; Contraception; Cultural Differences; Demography; Family Planning; Field Interviews; Field Studies; Gbaya; Hausa; Language Planning; Language Variation; Multilingualism; Pidgins; Population Trends; Pregnancy; Questionnaires; Sociolinguistics; Statistical Surveys; Translation; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Empfängnisverhütung; Kultureller Unterschied; Demografie; Familienplanung; Praxisforschung; Sprachwechsel; Sprachenvielfalt; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Bevölkerungsprognose; Schwangerschaft; Fragebogen; Soziolinguistik; Statistische Erhebung; Kamerun
Abstract	This report is the result of a two-month study commissioned by the World Fertility Survey prior to the inclusion of Cameroon in the WFS program, in order to examine the problem of linguistic diversity and the obstacles this problem might pose to a demographic survey of the country. The study was to propose a strategy which would uphold the WFS standards for translation. The main recommendation of the study is that the WFS Questionnaires, in French and English, be translated into and adapted to as many Cameroonian languages and social conditions as possible. The introduction of the study is followed by discussions of: (1) the linguistic problem and its solution; (2) the survey staff; (3) inherent problems in using local language questionnaires; and (4) the WFS Core questionnaire in translation. Appendices contain the core questionnaire in French and in Pidgin, and a list of local languages used in Radio Cameroon broadcasts. (AM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC