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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Language usually spoken (PY1982A_LANG)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PY82A411">9. What language do you commonly speak?<br /><div class="i1">Only for those 5 years of age and older<br /><br />[] 1 Only Guaraní<br />[] 2 Guaraní and Spanish<br />[] 3 Only Spanish<br />[] Other language (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Only Guaraní
2 Guaraní and Spanish
3 Only Spanish
4 Portuguese
5 Other language
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">I. For all persons. General characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY82A411"><span class="em">Question 9. What language do you usually speak?</span><br /><br />Make an X in the corresponding box. <br /><br />If they speak a language that is not indicated, annotate the name of the other language under "other language."<br /><br />[A depiction of question 8 to the right of the preceding text and a drawing below the text is omitted here.]<br /><br />The language that a person currently speaks is that language that they use to communicate with others in the household, school, college, work, or in society. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the language usually spoken by the person.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.5%]

concept

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