Census of Population of Ireland 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971

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IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Able to speak Irish (IE1971A_0408)

Data file: IRL1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 171

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. Ability to speak the Irish language____

Write "Irish only", "Irish and English", "Read but cannot speak Irish", or leave blank as appropriate.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Irish only
2	English and Irish
3	Read but cannot speak Irish
4	Cannot read or speak Irish
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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 12 - Irish language.
An entry should be made in this column only in respect of a person who can read or speak Irish. A person who can speak Irish is one who is able to carry on an ordinary conversation in Irish and those whose knowledge of Irish is not sufficient to converse in Irish should not be returned as able to speak the language.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's ability to speak Irish.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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