Federal Population Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset
Switzerland, 2000
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Reference ID
CHE_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Federal Statistical Office, IPUMS
Metadata
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Dec 19, 2014
Last modified
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- Data files
- CHE2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Mother tongue (CH2000A_MTONGUE)
Data file: CHE2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
192
End:
194
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
8. Language
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) |
| 284 | Hungarian |
| 290 | Czech or Slovak |
| 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 person's mother tongue.
Universe
Switzerland 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |