Census of Canada 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971

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Reference ID

CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 19, 2014

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Home language (CA1971A_0415)

Data file: CAN1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 183

End: 184

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

17. What language do you most often speak at home now?

[] English
[] French
[] German
[] Indian
[] Italian
[] Magyar
[] Netherlands
[] Polish
[] Ukrainian
[] Yiddish
[] Other, write here ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	English
2	French
3	German
4	Italian
5	Netherlands
6	Polish
7	Scandinavian - Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
8	Ukrainian
9	Native Indian
10	All other

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

17. If you speak two or more languages at home, report the one which, in your opinion, you use most frequently. If you live alone, report the language which you use most frequently in your daily routine.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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