2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015

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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

United States Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Speaks English (US2015A_SPEAKENG)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 328

End: 328

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14. a) Does this person speak a language other than English at home? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No [Skip to question 15a]</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 person speaks English.

Universe

United States 2015: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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