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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Language spoken most in household (SR2012A_LANGHOM)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 203
End: 204
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Part 8: Language used by the household</span>
<br />[Applies to questions 34 - 35]</p>

<p>34. What is the most commonly used language in this household?</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: Please provide only one answer.<br /><br />[] 1 Dutch<br />[] 2 Sranang Tongo<br />[] 3 Sarnami<br />[] 4 Javanese<br />[] 5 Arawak<br />[] 6 Carib<br />[] 7 Saramaccan<br />[] 8 Aukan<br />[] 9 Paramaccan<br />[] 10 Chinese<br />[] 11 Portuguese<br />[] 12 English<br />[] 13 French<br />[] 14 Other, namely ____<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Dutch
02 Sranang Tongo
03 Sarnami
04 Javanese
05 Carib
06 Saramaccan
07 Aukan
08 Paramaccan
09 Chinese
10 Portuguese
11 English
12 Other
99 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
This variable indicates the language spoken most often in the household.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All households

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