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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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Native language spoken (BO1976A_LANG)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 194
End: 194
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">A. General Information</span></p>

<p><svar v="BO76A401 BO76A402 BO76A403 BO76A404 BO76A405 BO76A406 BO76A407"><span class="em">For all individuals regardless of age (including newborn infants)</span><br />[Questions 1-8 were asked of all persons.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A407">8. What Bolivian languages are you able to speak?<br /><div class="i1">"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.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0 Does not speak yet or none<br />[] 1 Spanish<br />[] 2 Aymara<br />[] 3 Quechua<br />[] 4 Other<br />[] 5 Spanish-Aymara<br />[] 6 Spanish-Quechua<br />[] 7 Spanish with other<br />[] 8 Aymara-Quechua<br />[] 9 Spanish-Aymara-Quechua</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar a="all" v="BO76A407"><span class="em">Question 8. What Bolivian languages do you know how to speak?</span><br /><br />Read the different alternatives in order and mark only one of the boxes.<br /><br />If they do not speak any or only speak foreign languages, mark the box "0" (does not speak any or none)<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's native language spoken.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: All persons

concept

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