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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Foreign language at home (IE2016A_LANGHOME)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
15. Do you speak a language other than English or Irish at home?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Yes <br />[] 2. No (Go to Q16)<br /><br />What is this language? ____<br />(e.g. Polish, German, Irish sign language)</div><p>How well do you speak English?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark one box only. [For those who speak a language other than English or Irish at home.]<br /><br />[] 1. Very well <br />[] 2. Well <br />[] 3. Not well <br />[] 4. Not at all</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes, speaks foreign language at home
2 No, does not speak foreign language at home
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 the whether the person speaks a foreign language.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 3.7%]

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