Census of Population and Housing 1990 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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Reference ID

USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Speaks English (US1990A_0441)

Data file: USA1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 265

End: 265

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15c. How well does this person speak English?

[] Very well
[] Well
[] Not well
[] Not at all

[Print the name of the language spoken at home. If this person speaks more than one non-English language and cannot determine which is spoken more often, report the first language the person learned to speak.]

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Does not speak English
2	Yes, speaks only English
3	Yes, speaks very well
4	Yes, speaks well
5	Yes, but not well

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 whether the respondent was able to speak English.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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