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Population and Housing Census 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Romania, 1992
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National Commission for Statistics (NCS), Minnesota Population Center
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Mother tongue (RO1992A_0421)

Data file: ROU1992-P-H

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 203
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
16 Mother tongue

[] 10 Romanian
_ _ Other mother tongue, specify ____
Categories
Value Category
10 Romanian
11 Hungarian
12 Gypsy
13 German
14 Ukrainian
15 Serbian
16 Turkish
17 Tartar
18 Slovakian
19 Yiddish
20 Russian
21 Lipovenian
22 Bulgarian
23 Czech
25 Greek
26 Polish
27 Armenian
28 Slovenian
29 Saxonian
30 Swabian
31 Macedoromanian
32 Aromanian
33 Szekler
34 Ruthenian
36 Gagauza
39 Other from Europe
40 From other continents
99 Undeclared
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.
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Chapter IV - Data on Persons Registered in Households


44. All persons in the household will be recorded in this chapter, regardless whether they were present in the household or absent at the census reference point - "0" hour on the night of January, 6 to 7, 1992, or whether persons had left the household temporarily or for a longer period to work, to study, or for some other reason. Persons temporarily present in the household at the census reference point will not be recorded in this chapter, but in Chapter V.





Q. 16 Mother tongue


63. For each person recorded on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the person's free declaration. Mother tongue represents the first language, usually spoken in early childhood, in the enumerated person's family.

Mother tongue could or could coincide with the nationality.

For children below 14 years of age, mother tongue will be declared for them by their parents. For persons who are deaf, dumb, or mentally ill, statements of those who are living together with these persons will also be recorded.

Code 10 (Romanian) will be marked for persons who declared Romanian as their mother tongue.

For persons declaring a mother tongue other than Romanian, record the mother tongue as it was freely declared, on the space provided for mother tongue. The enumerator will not codemother tongue.

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Definition
This variable indicates the mother tongue of a person.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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