VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset
Ecuador, 2001
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ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- ECU2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Dialect the person speaks (EC2001A_DIALECT)
Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
200
End:
201
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC01A406 EC01A407">5. What is the language or dialect that he/she speaks?<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Only Spanish<br />[ ] 2 Only native language</div><br /><div class="i2">What native language? ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 3 Only foreign language<br />[ ] 4 Spanish and native language</div><br /><div class="i2">What native language? ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 5 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | Achuar |
| 12 | Awapit |
| 13 | A'ingae |
| 14 | Cha'palaa |
| 16 | Huao / Terero |
| 17 | Quichua |
| 19 | Shuar / Chicha |
| 20 | Paicoca |
| 21 | Tsa'fiqui |
| 23 | Shiwiar |
| 24 | Kichwa |
| 97 | Response suppressed |
| 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
<svar a="all" v="EC01A406 EC01A407"><span class="em">Question 5.- What language do you speak?</span><br /><br />[There is a picture of question 5 from this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br />The political constitution of Ecuador, in article 1, expresses the following: Ecuador is a social democracy, sovereign, unitary, independent, democratic, pluri-cultural, and multi-ethnic; furthermore, it indicates that Spanish is the official language; Quichua, Shuar, and the other ancestral languages are for official use by indigenous peoples, in the terms that the law establishes.<br /><br />Among the ancestral languages that are used in the indigenous nations and peoples are: Cha'palaa, Awapit, Achuar, A'inagae, Wayapi, Siapede, Kichwa, Shuar Chichan, Baicoca, Tsa'fiqui, Huao Terero, Paicoca, Záparo.<br /><br />Read each one of the response alternatives verbatim and mark the answer given by the informant with an x.<br /><br />If the answer is only Spanish, mark box 1.<br /><br />If the response is only native language, mark box 2; if the informant indicates that they speak Spanish and the native language, mark box 4.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 40]</span><br /><br />For the answer options 2 (only native language) and 4 (Spanish and native language), find out what the native language is and record it in the appropriate space. Example: Cha'palaa, Awapit, Achuar, A'inagae, Wayapi, Siapede, Kichwa, Shuar Chichan, Baicoca, Tsa'fiqui, Huao Terero, Paicoca, Záparo.<br /><br />Mark box 3, only foreign language, if the informant reports that the language they speak is a Foreign Language. Example: English, Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.<br /><br />Mark box 5, other (specify), in the case that the informant reports that they speak Spanish and a foreign language. Example: Spanish-English, Spanish-Portuguese, Spanish-Italian, etc.<br /><br /><span class="em">Note.- </span>In the case of boys or girls under the age of one, leave this question blank and continue on beginning with the next question.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the dialect that the person speaks.
Universe
Ecuador 2001: Persons that speak a native language [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |