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National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Language spoken in family (BO1976A_LANGFAM)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BO76A044">12. Language spoken most often within the family<br /><div class="i1">[Question 12 was asked of persons in private dwellings, per Question 1]<br /><br />[] 1 Quechua<br />[] 2 Aymara<br />[] 3 Spanish<br />[] 4 Other national (Bolivian) language<br />[] 5 Foreign language</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Quechua
2 Aymara
3 Spanish
4 Other native language
5 Foreign language
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
<svar a="all" v="BO76A044"><span class="em">Question 12. Language that is spoken most frequently in your family</span><br /><br />This question is only asked to the Head of Household or the Principal Informant.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main language spoken in family.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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