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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Language spoken in household (PY1982A_LANGHH)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PY82A052">12. Language<br /><div class="i1">What is the language most frequently spoken in this household?<br /><br />[] 1 Only Guaraní<br />[] 2 Guaraní and Spanish<br />[] 3 Only Spanish<br />[] Other language (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Only Guaraní
2 Guaraní and Spanish
3 Only Spanish
4 Portuguese
5 Other language
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="PY82A052"><span class="em">Question 12. Language. </span><br /><br />Ask the question and make an X in the corresponding box. <br /><br />If it is a language not indicated, annotate the name of the language on the line for "other." <br /><br />[A depiction of question 12 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]<br /><br />Remember that: The language that is spoken most frequently in the household is the language that the members of household utilize in their daily contact within the home. <br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the language most frequently spoken in the household.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.3%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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