Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
Literal question
What is your mother tongue?
Categories
Value
Category
BAMAR
BANGALI
BENGALI
CHIN
CHINESE
DANU
HINDI
INNTHA
KACHIN
KAYAN
KAYIN
KOKANT
MON
NEPALI
PALAUNG
RAKHINE
SHAN
TAMIL
TAUNG-YO
WA
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
Record respondent’s mother tongue. The mother tongue is the language one has learned first, provided it is a language that one can express oneself fully in, and/or voluntarily identifies with. If the respondent knows more than one such language record all named languages.