2011 National Household Survey - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011

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Reference ID

CAN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, IPUMS

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Knowledge of official language (CA2011A_LANG)

Data file: CAN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 229

End: 229

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">Sociocultural information</span></p>

<p>13. Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation?</p>
<div class="i1">[] English only<br />[] French only<br />[] Both English and French<br />[] Neither English nor French</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	English only
2	French only
3	Both English and French
4	Neither English nor French

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person has knowledge of an official language.

Universe

Canada 2011: All persons

concept

Concept

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