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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Mother tongue, Peru (MTONGPE)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 117
End: 117
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Quechua
2 Aymará
3 Asháninka
4 Other indigenous language
5 Spanish
6 Foreign language
7 Deaf-mute
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
MTONGPE indicates the respondent's mother tongue: the first language learned as a child.

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