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Intercensus Population Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1995
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IDN_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Mother tongue (ID1995A_MTONGUE)

Data file: IDN1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A421 ID95A422 ID95A423 ID95A424 ID95A425 ID95A426 ID95A427 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h2">V. Characteristics of individual household members</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A434 ID95A435">522. Mother tongue<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Indonesian<br />[] 2 Local language, specify ____<br />[] 3 Foreign language</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Indonesian
2 Local language
3 Foreign language
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
<svar v="ID95A401 ID95A403 ID95A408 ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A426 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h3">6.5 Block V. General characteristics of household members</span><br />This block is used to record personal characteristics such as sex, age, mobility of living, attained education, school participation and the daily language used by each household members, starting from the first serial number of the household member until the last one.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A434 ID95A435"><span class="em">Question 522: Mother tongue</span><br /><span class="em">Mother tongue </span>is the first language used by the respondent's mother to communicate with the respondent.<br /><br /><span class="em">Local language </span>is a language that can be categorized as a local language that exists in the areas of Indonesia.<br /><br /><span class="em">Foreign language </span>is a language that is not the Indonesian language or a local language; for example: English, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, etc.<br /><br />Circle one of the appropriate codes. Circle code 2 if "Local language", then write the name/type of local language under the words "Local language". The Central Bureau of Statistics/Type A Provincial Statistic Office will fill in the code of local language.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the language that the person's mother first used to communicate with the person in question.
Universe
Indonesia 1995: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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