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X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1994
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GTM_1994_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Speaks indigenous language (SPEAKIND)

Data file: GTM1994_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 131
End: 131
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, speaks indigenous language
2 Yes, speaks indigenous and Spanish
3 Yes, speaks only indigenous
4 No, does not speak indigenous language
8 Does not speak
9 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.

Description

Definition
SPEAKIND indicates whether a person speaks an indigenous language, and for many Latin American samples whether they also speak Spanish.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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