American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005

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Reference ID

USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Speaks English (US2005A_0433)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 277

End: 277

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

[] Yes
[] No

[Q13. b-c are asked if the person can speak a language other than English at home.]

b) What is this language? ____

For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese

c) 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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent speaks only English at home, and also reports how well the respondent, who speaks a language other than English at home, speaks English.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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