Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

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Dec 19, 2014

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Home language (CA1981A_0444)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 254

End: 255

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

28. What language do you yourself speak at home now?
(If more than one language, which language do you speak most often?)

Mark one box only
[] English
[] French
[] German
[] Italian
[] Ukrainian
[] Other (specify) ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	English
2	French
3	Chinese
4	German
5	Greek
6	Italian
7	Netherlandic Languages
8	Polish
9	Portuguese
10	Ukrainian
11	Other
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

Definition

This variable indicates the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census.

Universe

All persons, excluding inmates

concept

Concept

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

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