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="PH00A413"><span class="em">P17. Is [respondent] able to speak Filipino/<span class="lang">Tagalog</span>?</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
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.