Population and Housing Census 2002 - IPUMS Subset
Romania, 2002
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Reference ID
ROU_2002_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Minnesota Population Center
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- ROU2002-H-H
- ROU2002-P-H
Mother tongue (RO2002A_0426)
Data file: ROU2002-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
228
End:
229
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
16. Mother tongue
[] 10 Romanian
_ _ Other mother tongue
[] 10 Romanian
_ _ Other mother tongue
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Romanian |
| 11 | Hungarian |
| 12 | Gypsy |
| 13 | German |
| 14 | Ukrainian |
| 15 | Serbian |
| 16 | Turkish |
| 17 | Tartar |
| 18 | Slovakian |
| 19 | Yiddish |
| 20 | Russian |
| 21 | Lipovenian |
| 22 | Bulgarian |
| 23 | Czech |
| 24 | Croatian |
| 25 | Greek |
| 26 | Polish |
| 27 | Armenian |
| 29 | Saxonian |
| 30 | Swabian |
| 31 | Macedoromanian |
| 32 | Aromanian |
| 36 | Italian |
| 37 | Chinese |
| 40 | Macedonian |
| 50 | Other from European Union |
| 60 | Other from Europe |
| 70 | Other from other continents |
| 98 | Response suppressed |
| 99 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
Mother tongue (item 16)
63. The mother tongue represents the first language spoken usually in early childhood, on the enumerated person's family. For each recorded person on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the free declaration of the person.
The way of recording:
-- the mark x will be recorded on the code box 10 (Romanian) -- for the persons who declared Romanian as being their mother tongue;
-- for persons declaring other mother tongue than the Romanian - on the space provided for mother tongue will be recorded the mother tongue as it was declared, and if the person didn't want to declare the mother tongue, then the enumerator will register explicitly "non-declared";
Later, the enumerator will codify the mother tongue, according to the list of mother tongues. (paragraph 123).
63. The mother tongue represents the first language spoken usually in early childhood, on the enumerated person's family. For each recorded person on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the free declaration of the person.
The way of recording:
-- the mark x will be recorded on the code box 10 (Romanian) -- for the persons who declared Romanian as being their mother tongue;
-- for persons declaring other mother tongue than the Romanian - on the space provided for mother tongue will be recorded the mother tongue as it was declared, and if the person didn't want to declare the mother tongue, then the enumerator will register explicitly "non-declared";
Later, the enumerator will codify the mother tongue, according to the list of mother tongues. (paragraph 123).
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the mother tongue of the person.
Universe
All persons
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |