Census of Canada 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971

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Reference ID

CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

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Mother tongue (CA1971A_0407)

Data file: CAN1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 169

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

5. Mother tongue

Language first spoken and still understood
Fill one circle only
[] English
[] French
[] German
[] Italian
[] Other (specify) ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	English
2	French
3	German
4	Italian
5	Netherlands
6	Polish
7	Scandinavian - includes Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
8	Ukrainian
9	Native Indian
10	All other

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.

Interviewer instructions

5. In this question you must understand the language you report. If you do not now understand the first language you learned, report the next one that you learned and still understand. For infants who have not learned to speak, report the language spoken must often in the home.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's mother tongue.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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