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II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1964
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GTM_1964_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Speaks an indigenous language at home (GT1964A_LANG)

Data file: GTM1964_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">General characteristics</span>
<br />[For all persons]</p>

<p>7. Dialect or language: Does the person speak an indigenous language at home?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person speaks an indigenous language at home.
Universe
Guatemala 1964: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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