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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Mother tongue of the head of household (CA1981A_LANGHM)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 130
End: 131
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="CA81A028 CA81A402 CA81A406 CA81A426 CA81A471" v="CA81A025 CA81A026 CA81A027 CA81A029 CA81A030 CA81A426">2. Relationship to Person 1<br /><div class="i1">[] Husband or wife or Person 1<br />[] Common-law partner of Person 1<br />[] Son or daughter of Person 1<br />[] Father or mother of Person 1<br />[] Brother or sister of Person 1<br />[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law of Person 1<br />[] Father-in-law or mother-in-law of Person 1<br />[] Brother-in-law or sister-in-law of Person 1<br />[] Grandchild of Person 1<br />[] Nephew or niece of Person 1<br />[] Other relative of Person 1 (Print below) ____<br />[] Lodger<br />[] Lodger's husband or wife<br />[] Lodger's son or daughter<br />[] Room-mate<br />[] Employee<br />[] Other non-relative (Print below) ____</div><br />For each person in this household, mark "X" one box only to describe his or her relationship to Person 1. If you mark the box "Other relative" or "Other non-relative", print in the relationship to Person 1. Some examples of the "Other" relationships are:<br /><div class="i1">Grandmother<br />Uncle<br />Room-mate's daughter<br />Employee's husband</div><br />For further examples and special cases, see guidelines.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA81A030 CA81A441">26. To which ethnic or cultural group did you or your ancestors belong on first coming to this continent?<br /><div class="i1">See guide for further information.<br />[] French<br />[] English<br />[] Irish<br />[] Scottish<br />[] German<br />[] Italian<br />[] Ukrainian<br />[] Dutch (Netherlands)<br />[] Polish<br />[] Jewish<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div><br />Native peoples<br /><div class="i1">[] Inuit<br />[] Status or registered Indian<br />[] Non-status Indian<br />[] Metis</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 English
02 French
03 Chinese
04 German
05 Greek
06 Italian
07 Northerlandic languages
08 Polish
09 Portuguese
10 Ukrainian
11 Other
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the mother tongue of the head of household.
Universe
Canada 1981: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

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