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Federal Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 2011
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CHE_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Department of Home Affairs / Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Main language, Portugese (CH2011A_LABPOR)

Data file: CHE2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 168
End: 168
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal questionnaire</span></p>

<p>1. What is your main language, i.e. the language you think in and know best?</p>
<div class="i1">If you think in more than one language in which you are fluent, please specify them below.<br /><br />[] 1 German (or Swiss German)<br />[] 2 French (or Swiss French patois)<br />[] 3 Italian (or Ticino or Grisons Italian dialect)<br />[] 4 Rhaeto-Romansch<br />[] 5 Serbian / Croatian<br />[] 6 Albanian<br />[] 7 Portuguese<br />[] 8 Spanish<br />[] 9 English<br />[] 10 Other(s), please specify: ____</div><p>27. What is the main language, i.e. the language which the person thinks in and knows best?</p>
<div class="i1">[Asked only of those who do not live alone in question 23.]<br /><br />More than one answer is possible for someone who thinks in more than one language and knows these languages very well.<br /><br />For infants who cannot speak yet, indicate the mother's main language(s).<br /><br />Person 1</div><div class="i2">[] 1 German (or Swiss German dialect)<br />[] 2 French (or Swiss French patois)<br />[] 3 Italian (or Ticino or Grisons Italian dialect)<br />[] 4 Rhaeto-Romansch<br />[] 5 Serbian/Croatian<br />[] 6 Albanian<br />[] 7 Portuguese<br />[] 8 Spanish<br />[] 9 English<br />[] 10 Other language(s)</div><div class="i1">[Same questions are repeated for persons 3 - 6 and omitted from this form]</div>
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Value Category
No
1 Yes
9 Unknown
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.

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Switzerland 2011: All persons

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