1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995

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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Mother tongue, Nicaragua (MTONGNI)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 136

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Spanish
2	Miskito
3	Sumo or Sumu
4	English
8	Other
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

MTONGNI indicates the respondent's mother tongue, which is defined as the language that was habitually spoken in the dwelling of the person in childhood. Instructions were given to note the language of the mother in the case of mutes.

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Concept

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

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