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2001 Census - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2001
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CAN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • CAN2001_PHC-H-H.dat
  • CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Knowledge of Netherlandic languages (CA2001A_NOLNETP)

Data file: CAN2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 287
End: 287
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA01A460 CA01A461 CA01A462 CA01A463 CA01A464 CA01A465 CA01A466 CA01A467 CA01A468 CA01A469 CA01A470 CA01A471 CA01A472 CA01A473 CA01A474">14. What language(s), other than English or French, can this person speak well enough to conduct a conversation?<br /><div class="i1">[] None<br />Or specify other language(s) [below]<br />________</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Netherlandic languages known
2 Netherlandic languages unknown
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CA01A453 CA01A454 CA01A455 CA01A456 CA01A457 CA01A458 CA01A460 CA01A461 CA01A462 CA01A463 CA01A464 CA01A465 CA01A466 CA01A467 CA01A468 CA01A469 CA01A470 CA01A471 CA01A472 CA01A473 CA01A474"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Questions 13 to 16 -- Language</span></div><br /><div class="i3">For persons who use Aboriginal or Indian languages: report the specific Aboriginal language (such as Cree or Ojibway) or the specific Indian language (such as Punjabi or Hindi); do not report "Indian".<br />For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have a speech disability: report knowledge of English, French, or other languages, including sign language; report the language used most often at home to communicate, including sign language.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CA01A460 CA01A461 CA01A462 CA01A463 CA01A464 CA01A465 CA01A466 CA01A467 CA01A468 CA01A469 CA01A470 CA01A471 CA01A472 CA01A473 CA01A474"><div class="i2"><span class="em">Question 14 -- Knowledge of other language(s)</span></div><br /><div class="i3">Report only those languages in which the person can carry on a conversation of some length on various topics.<br />For a child who has not yet learned to speak: report a language other than English or French that the child is learning to speak at home.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether or not the individual can conduct a conversation in Netherlandic languages.
Universe
Canada 2001: Persons not from the Atlantic provinces and the territories [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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