National Population and Housing Census 2009

Vanuatu, 2009

Reference ID

VUT_2009_PHC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Vanuatu National Statstics Office

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H23. What is the main language used in this household (H23)

Data file: HOUSING

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 123

End: 123

Width: 1

Range: -

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Questions and instructions

Literal question

H23. What is the main language used in this household?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Local language
2	Bislama
3	English
4	French
5	Others

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

While Vanuatu boasts the highest per capita in terms of languages, data on languages are especially important in countries where more than one official language is recognized and decisions must be taken about the language to be used in schools, in official communications and so on. While a child may learn another language at school, the first language is the language spoken at home. It will be easy to identify the prevalence of language spoken at home its implications on the diverse language and culture in Vanuatu.

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