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Uruguay, 2006
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URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Speaking fluency in English (UY2006A_SPKENGF)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 564
End: 564
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY06A862">MT2. How well do you speak it?<br /><div class="i1">[Question MT2 was asked of persons who knew English, as per question MT1.]<br /><br />[] 1 Very well<br />[] 2 Well<br />[] 3 Regular<br />[] 4 Poorly</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Very well
2 Well
3 Average
4 Poor
8 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="UY06A851 UY06A862 UY06A880"><span class="em">MT1. Do you know English? </span><br /><br />If the person responds "No", you will pass to question MT4, if the contrary you will ask the following two questions, with the intent that the interviewee self-evaluates his performance in the speaking and the writing of the language.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 4]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">MT2. How well do you speak it?</span><br /><br />Read the different options and note the one that corresponds.<br /><br /><span class="em">MT3. How well do you write it?</span><br /><br />Read the different options and note the one that corresponds.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's speaking fluency in English.
Universe
Uruguay 2006: Persons in second trimester who are in the labor force and who speak English [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
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