1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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Reference ID

PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Speaks English (PR1990A_SPEAKENG)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 254

End: 254

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR90A425"><span class="em">15b. Can [respondent] speak English? If "Yes", does [respondent] speak English easily or with difficulty?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes, easily<br />[] 2 Yes, with difficulty<br />[] 3 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Does not speak English
5	Yes, speaks well
6	Yes, but not well

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 if the responsent was able to speak English.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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