Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2011_PHC-H-H
- ZAF2011_PHC-P-H
Second language spoken, South Africa (LANGZA2)
Data file: ZAF2011_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
141
End:
142
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Speaks only one language |
| 01 | Afrikaans |
| 02 | English |
| 03 | IsiNdebele |
| 04 | IsiXhosa |
| 05 | IsiZulu |
| 06 | Sepedi |
| 07 | Sesotho |
| 08 | Setswana |
| 09 | Siswati |
| 10 | Tshivenda |
| 11 | Xitsonga |
| 12 | Dutch |
| 13 | German |
| 14 | Greek |
| 15 | Italian |
| 16 | Portuguese |
| 17 | French |
| 18 | Tamil |
| 19 | Hindi |
| 20 | Telugu |
| 21 | Gujarati |
| 22 | Urdu |
| 23 | Chinese |
| 24 | Swahili |
| 25 | Shona |
| 26 | Arabic |
| 27 | Sign language |
| 28 | Other |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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.
Description
Definition
LANGZA2 indicates the second most frequently spoken language in the home, for persons who spoke multiple languages in South Africa.
concept
Concept