Patterns of Language Use among Kenyan Schoolchildren and their Parents, 1968-1969

<p>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</p>The aim of this study was to collect information on the language use of pupils in each of the eight major language groups in Kenya in their first year of Government-maintained and aided secondary schools, on their current patterns of language use in specified situations and when talking to certain categories of people; to be used in conjunction with scores in English and Swahili Achievement tests.<B>Main Topics</B>:<br> Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br> Primary language, pre-school languages; number of primary schools attended; languages used to teach in primary schools; self-assessed personal language facility in reading, writing, understanding; number of languages and facility in each; mothers', fathers', grandfathers', grandmothers' language facility; languages spoken to family members at home and when talking about school; language spoken by father to mother; degree of freedom of choice of language in home; radio listening; frequency, service; newspaper readership; frequency and language; religious attendance; language of services; language used when shopping, when writing letters to family members, when choosing books, talking to friends, counting, thinking, praying; whether Kishawali taught and, if so, ease of learning; agreement/disagreement with a number of statements about language use and language teaching.<br> Background Variables<br> Age, sex, place of birth, permanent home, residence during school term and in school holidays, residential history, number of brothers and sisters residing with or within an hour's walk of respondents, fathers' source of income, roofing material at home, age and educational background of father