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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 2000
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PHL_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Able to speak English (PH2000A_LANGE)

Data file: PHL2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PH00A412 PH00A413 PH00A414 PH00A415 PH00A416 PH00A417 PH00A418 PH00A419 PH00A427"><span class="h2">For Persons 5 years Old and Over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PH00A414"><span class="em">P18. Is [respondent] able to speak English?</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] 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
<span class="h3">P17 and P18 Language</span></p>

<p>Knowledge on the ability of the population to speak a language or dialect is important in a country like the Philippines since more than one dialect/language are used as teaching media in schools. Moreover, such data serve as input to studies on communication and education of linguistic minorities.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is able to speak English or not.
Universe
Philippines 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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