General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Dec 19, 2014

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Speaks another language (CO2005A_LANGOT)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 370

End: 370

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CO05A519 CO05A520 CO05A521 CO05A522 CO05A523 CO05A524 CO05A525"><span class="em">For persons 10 years old or more</span> (generated by the DMC)<br /> [Questions 53-54 were asked of persons age 10+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO05A520 CO05A521 CO05A522 CO05A523 CO05A524 CO05A525">54. Which of the following languages does [the respondent] speak? (expanded)<br /><div class="i1">54.1 Spanish (Castilian)?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">57.2 English?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">57.3 French?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">57.4 Italian?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">57.5 German?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">57.6 Other?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person speaks another language.

Universe

Colombia 2005: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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