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2009 Population Census of the Republic of Belarus - IPUMS Subset

Belarus, 2009
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BLR_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Mother tongue (BY2009A_LANGMO)

Data file: BLR2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Form 2H: Personal Questionnaire</span></p>

<p>[Questions were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>10. Please indicate your mother tongue (the tongue of your childhood):</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Belarussian<br />[] 2 Russian<br />[] 3 Other, please indicate which ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Belarussian
2 Russian
3 Polish
4 Ukrainian
5 Other language
9 Unknown
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
This variable indicates a person's mother tongue.
Universe
Belarus 2009: All persons

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Concept
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