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Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 2000
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CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Language taught to speak (CR2000A_LANG)

Data file: CRI2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 6 a-c appear in the enumeration form for Indigenous Territories, only. Therefore, they apply to respondents who reside in such territories.]</p>

<p><span class="em">6.c. In which tongue or indigenous language did ____ learn to speak?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Indigenous language<br />[] 2 In Spanish only<br />[] 3 Another tongue or language</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Indigenous language
2 Only Spanish
3 Other language
9 Unknown
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 language the respondent was taught to speak.
Universe
Costa Rica 2000: Persons who live in an indigenous territory [discrepancies: none]

concept

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