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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Speak an indigenous language (GT1981A_LANGHH)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">IV. Social characteristics of the members of the household</span>
<br />[For all persons]</p>

<p>Do the members of this household, or the majority of them, habitually:</p>

<p>a. Speak an indigenous language?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes</div><div class="i2">____ (specify)</div><div class="i1">[] 2 No</div>
Categories
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">IV. Social characteristics of the household members</span></p>

<p><span class="em">A. Do they speak an indigenous language?</span></p>

<p>1. How to formulate the question</p>

<p>The following question is asked:</p>

<p>Do the members of this household, or the majority of them, usually speak an indigenous language?</p>

<p>2. How to record the data</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 50]</span></p>

<p>The enumerator will circle the number "1. yes" or "2. no" according to the answer given.</p>

<p>If the answer is affirmative, the name of the indigenous language is recorded in the space provided.</p>

<p>3. Example:</p>

<p>[These instructions refer to a graphic of the census form]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the majority of the household members speak an indigenous language.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Private occupied households [discrepacies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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