Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 19, 2014

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Mar 29, 2019

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Mother tongue (CA1981A_0445)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 256

End: 257

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 6. You must still understand the language you report in this question. For infants, report the first language they are or will be learning.

6. What is the language you first learned in childhood and still understand?

Mark one box only.
[] English
[] French
[] German
[] Italian
[] Ukrainian
[] Other (specify) ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	English
2	French
3	Chinese
4	German
5	Greek
6	Italian
7	Netherlandic Languages
8	Polish
9	Portuguese
10	Ukrainian
11	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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