2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Speaks indigenous language (NI2005A_INDLANG)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 233

End: 233

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="NI05A410">8. Does [the person] speak the dialect or language of the indigenous people or ethnic community to which s/he belongs?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	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.

Interviewer instructions

<svar a="all" v="NI05A410"><span class="em">Question 8. Does [the person] speak the dialect or language of the indigenous people or ethnic community to which s/he belongs?</span><br /><br />Mark an "X" next to the option stated by the informant.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if the person speaks the language of the indigenous or ethnic community.

Universe

Nicaragua 2005: Persons of indigenous origin and belonging to specific indigenous groups [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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