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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Speaks English (US1990A_SPEAKENG)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 291

End: 291

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US90A441"><span class="em">15c. How well does this person speak English?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Very well<br />[] Well<br />[] Not well<br />[] Not at all</div><br /><br />[Print the name of the language spoken at home. If this person speaks more than one non-English language and cannot determine which is spoken more often, report the first language the person learned to speak.]<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Does not speak English
2	Yes, speaks only English
3	Yes, speaks very well
4	Yes, speaks well
5	Yes, but not well

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 whether the respondent was able to speak English.

Universe

United States 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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