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Census of Population and Housing of the Kyrgyz Republic 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Kyrgyz Republic, 2009
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KGZ_2009_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, Minnesota Population Center
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Mother tongue (KG2009A_0418)

Data file: KGZ2009-P-H

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Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 173
End: 175
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
6. Language




6. 1 Mother tongue


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Categories
Value Category
1 Kyrgyz
2 Azerbaijani
3 Armenian
4 Belarusian
5 Georgian
6 Kazakh
8 Russian
9 Tajik
10 Turkmen
11 Uzbek
12 Ukrainian
15 Avar
21 English
23 Arabic
26 Afghan
28 Bashkir
32 Bulgarian
41 Dargin
42 Dungan
49 Yazdi
51 Kalmykia
54 Karachay-Balkar
59 Chinese
62 Korean
68 Kurdish
72 Lezgin
83 German
89 Persian
100 Tatar
107 Turkish
108 Turkic
112 Uigur
119 Chemshil
122 Gypsy
125 Chechen
146 Pakistan (Urdu)
199 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
Question 6. Language
Subquestion 6.1. Mother tongue

In the answer about the mother tongue the language is to be recorded which the person questioned recognizes as his/her native.
If the person finds difficult to name his/her mother tongue, the language he/she can speak best of all or the language usually spoken in the household is to be recorded.
The mother tongue of children who can not speak yet and other young children is to be determined by their parents. If parents find difficult to determine the mother tongue of their child, the language usually spoken in the household is to be recorded. The mother tongue of deaf and dumb persons is considered the language in which they read and write or the language used by the members of their household or persons they mainly communicate to.

Subquestion 6.2. Other languages fluently spoken

The language is to be recorded in the answer, in which the person questioned can read, write and fluently speak.
For persons who can not speak fluently other languages, as well as for children who can not speak yet, "No" is to be filled in here.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's mother tongue.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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