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2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2001 - 2005
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PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Speaks English (PR2005A_SPEAKENG)

Data file: PRI2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 271
End: 271
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR05A429 PR05A430">13a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No -- Skip to question 14</div><br />[13b. and 13c are asked if the person can speak a language other than English at home.]<br />13b. What is this language? ____<br /><div class="i1">For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PR05A430">13c. How well does this person speak English?<br /><div class="i1">[] Very well<br />[] Well<br />[] Not well<br />[] Not at all</div><br /></svar>
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 and how well she speaks English.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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