American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2005

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Reference ID

PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Speaks English (PR2005A_0430)

Data file: PRI2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 255

End: 255

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?

[] Yes
[] No -- Skip to question 14

[13b. and 13c are asked if the person can speak a language other than English at home.]
13b. What is this language? ____

For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese

13c. How well does this person speak English?

[] Very well
[] Well
[] Not well
[] Not at all

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Does not speak English
3	Yes, speaks only English
4	Yes, speaks very well
5	Yes, speaks well
6	Yes, but not well

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.

Interviewer instructions

[Answer Housing Question 7-14 for all residents]

13.
13a. Mark the "Yes" box if the person sometimes or always speaks a language other than English at home. Mark the "No" box if the person speaks only English, or if a non-English language is spoken only at school or is limited to a few expressions or slang.
13b. Print the name of the language spoken at home. If this person speaks more than one non-English language and cannot determine which is spoken more often, report the one the person first learned to speak.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person speaks English and how well she speaks English.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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