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Census of Population of Ireland, 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2011
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IRL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Foreign language spoken (IE2011A_LANGFOR)

Data file: IRL2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 253
End: 254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">15. Do you speak a language other than English or Irish at home?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No (Go to Q16)<br /><br />What is this language? ____<br />(e.g. Polish, German, Irish Sign Language)</div><div class="i1">How well do you speak English?<br />Mark one box only.</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Very well<br />[] 2 Well<br />[] 3 Not well<br />[] 4 Not at all</div><span class="em">Question 15 -- Do you speak a language other than English or Irish at home? </span>
<br />If you do not speak a language other than English or Irish at home you should mark box 2 (No) and proceed to question 16. This means those who speak only English and/or Irish at home do not have to report on their ability to speak the English language.
Categories
Value Category
01 Polish
02 French
03 Lithuanian
04 German
05 Russian
06 Spanish
07 Romanian
08 Chinese
09 Latvian
10 Portuguese
11 Arabic
12 Italian
13 Yoruba
14 Slovak
15 Other language
99 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.

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Definition
This variable indicates the person's foreign language spoken.
Universe
Ireland 2011: Present persons who speak a foreign language at home [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II none]

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