Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset
Switzerland, 1980
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Reference ID
CHE_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
Metadata
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- CHE1980_PHC-H-H
- CHE1980_PHC-P-H
Mother tongue (CH1980A_MTONGUE)
Data file: CHE1980_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
174
End:
176
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="CH80A401 CH80A404 CH80A407 CH80A408 CH80A409 CH80A410 CH80A411 CH80A413"><span class="em">A. Questions to all persons</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CH80A411">6. Mother-tongue (language in which you think and that you know best)<br /><div class="i1">[] German<br />[] French<br />[] Italian<br />[] Romansch<br />[] Others, i.e. ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CH80A411">6. Mother-tongue (language in which you think and that you know best)<br /><div class="i1">[] German<br />[] French<br />[] Italian<br />[] Romansch<br />[] Others, i.e. ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 110 | German |
| 120 | French |
| 130 | Italian |
| 140 | Rhaeto-Romanic |
| 210 | English |
| 220 | Dutch |
| 230 | Scandinavian languages |
| 240 | Greek |
| 250 | Spanish |
| 270 | Slavic languages (other than Czech and Slovak) |
| 290 | Czech or Slovak |
| 284 | Hungarian |
| 300 | Other languages |
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 person.
Universe
Switzerland 1980: All persons
concept
Concept