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National Censuses: IX Population and IV Housing, Peru 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 1993
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PER_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Maternal language or dialect (PE1993A_LANG)

Data file: PER1993_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 187
End: 187
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PE93A403 PE93A413 PE93A419 PE93A425 PE93A426 PE93A427 PE93A430 PE93A441"><span class="em"> For those 5 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 7 - 11]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE93A413">8. The mother tongue, language or dialect you learned as a child is:<br /><div class="i1">Circle the appropriate number:<br /><br />[] 1 Quechua<br />[] 2 Aymara<br />[] 3 Other indigenous (native) language<br />[] 4 Spanish<br />[] 5 Foreign language</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Quechua
2 Aymara
3 Other indigenous (native) language
4 Spanish
5 Foreign language
8 Respondent did not answer
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
This variable indicates the person's maternal language or dialect.
Universe
Peru 1993: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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