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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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Third main language (aggregated) (CH2011A_LANG3AGG)

Data file: CHE2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 190
End: 191
Width: 2
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>
Categories
Value Category
01 German (or Swiss German)
02 French (or Swiss-French patois)
03 Italian (or Ticino or Romansh-Italian dialect)
04 Romansh
05 Serbian or Croatian
06 Albanian
07 Portugese
08 Spanish
09 English
10 Turkish
11 Tamil
12 Arabic
13 Dutch
14 Other language(s)
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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

Universe
Switzerland 2011: Persons who speak a third main language [discrepancies: none]

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