2002 All-Russian Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Russia, 2002

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Reference ID

RUS_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Federal State Statistics Service, IPUMS

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Speak Russian (RU2002A_SPKRUS)

Data file: RUS2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 164

End: 164

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">11. What is your mother tongue</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Russian - Skip to question 13<br />[] 2 Not Russian, indicate language ________</div><span class="em">12. Are you fluent in Russian?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Not fluent in Russian
2	Fluent in Russian
8	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

<span class="em">9. Language proficiency</span>
<br />Language proficiency means an ability to speak, read and write, or only to speak a given language.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 9.1. Do you know the Russian language?</span>
<br />"Yes" should indicate those who know Russian.
<br />"No" should indicate those who do not know Russian.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person speaks Russian.

Universe

Russia 2002: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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