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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Linguistic isolation (US1990A_LINGISOL)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 270
End: 270
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">15a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?</span><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- [Go on to question 16]</div><p>[Mark yes if the location is now inside the city/town limits even if it was not inside the limits on April 1, 1985; that is, if the area was annexed by the city/town since that time.]</p>

<p><span class="em">15b. What is this language? </span><div class="i1">____<br />(For example: Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese)</div><p>[Mark yes if the person sometimes or always speaks a language other than English at home. Do not mark yes for a language spoken only at school or if speaking is limited to a few expressions or slang.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not linguistically isolated
2 Linguistically isolated
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 "linguistically isolated households."
Universe
United States 1990: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

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