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2001 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 2001
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GBR_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Centre for Census and Survey Research, IPUMS
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Irish language (UK2001A_IRISH)

Data file: GBR2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UK01A421">9. Can you understand, speak, read, or write Irish?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 16 was asked of persons in Northern Ireland.]<br /><br />Check all the boxes that apply.<br /><br />[] Understand spoken Irish<br />[] Speak Irish<br />[] Read Irish<br />[] Write Irish <br />[] None of these</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No knowledge of Irish
2 Some knowledge of Irish (any combination of reads,speaks,understands,writes)
9 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 whether the person reads, speaks, understands and writes Irish.
Universe
United Kingdom 2001: Persons in Northern Ireland who are not non-resident students [discrepancies: none]

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