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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Speaks English (US2005A_SPEAKENG)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 311
End: 311
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
13. a) Does this person speak a language other than English at home?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>[Q13. b-c are asked if the person can speak a language other than English at home.]</p>

<p>b) What is this language? ____</p>
<div class="i1">For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese</div><p>c) How well does this person Speak English?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Very well<br />[] Well<br />[] Not well<br />[] Not at all</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Does not speak English
3 Yes, speaks only English
4 Yes, speaks very well
5 Yes, speaks well
6 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 speaks only English at home, and also reports how well the respondent, who speaks a language other than English at home, speaks English.
Universe
United States 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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