Census of Population of Ireland, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2002

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IRL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Speaks Irish (SPEAKIRSH)

Data file: IRL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 137

End: 137

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes, speak Irish
2	Yes, speak Irish only
3	Yes, speak English and Irish
4	No, cannot speak Irish
5	No, cannot speak or read Irish
6	No, cannot speak, but can read Irish
7	Cannot speak
8	Unknown
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

SPEAKIRSH identifies persons who are able to speak Irish and, in some samples, persons who can only read the language.

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