National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976

Reference ID

BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, Minnesota Population Center

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Native language spoken (BO1976A_0407)

Data file: BOL1976-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

A. General Information

For all individuals regardless of age (including newborn infants)
[Questions 1-8 were asked of all persons.]

8. What Bolivian languages are you able to speak?

"Able" means the ability to communicate ideas in this language; it is not sufficient to merely understand. If able to speak more than one language mark one of the boxes 5-9.

[] 0 Does not speak yet or none
[] 1 Spanish
[] 2 Aymara
[] 3 Quechua
[] 4 Other
[] 5 Spanish-Aymara
[] 6 Spanish-Quechua
[] 7 Spanish with other
[] 8 Aymara-Quechua
[] 9 Spanish-Aymara-Quechua

Categories

Value	Category
0	Does not speak yet or none
1	Spanish
2	Aymara
3	Quechua
4	Other
5	Spanish-Aymara
6	Spanish-Quechua
7	Spanish-Other
8	Aymara-Quechua
9	Spanish-Aymara-Quechua

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 8. What Bolivian languages do you know how to speak?

Read the different alternatives in order and mark only one of the boxes.

If they do not speak any or only speak foreign languages, mark the box "0" (does not speak any or none)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's native language spoken.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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