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General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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First language (SN1988A_0410)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 173
End: 174
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P9. First language spoken________

For Senegalese, write the main language spoken
Categories
Value Category
1 Balant
2 Bambara
3 Bassari
4 Coniagui
5 Diola
6 Fula
7 Khassonke
8 Laobe
9 Lebu
10 Malinke
11 Mandinka
12 Mancagne
13 Manjaago
14 Mauritanian
15 Peul / Fulbe
16 Sereer
17 Soce
18 Sarakhole and Soninke
19 Tukuler
20 Wolof
21 Other ethnic language
98 Unknown
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
P9) First language spoken

This question applies only to Senegalese persons. The first spoken language is the national language spoken most often in daily life, outside of foreign languages.


Ask the following question:
"What is the language that you speak most often?"
Record the main spoken language declared.



Record "None" if the person does not speak any national language. For new-born children, record the mother's first language. For foreigners, draw an oblique hyphen in the box, and go to column P11.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main language spoken by the person.
Universe
Persons born in Senegal

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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