National Census. Eighth Census of Population Fourth Census of Dwellings 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

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Speaks indigenous language (SPEAKIND)

Data file: NIC2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 129

End: 129

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes, speaks indigenous language
2	Yes, speaks indigenous and Spanish
3	Yes, speaks only indigenous
4	No, does not speak indigenous language
9	Unknown

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

SPEAKIND indicates whether a person speaks an indigenous language, and for many Latin American samples whether they also speak Spanish.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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