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1997 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Local and foreign languages spoken (IQ1997A_LANG)

Data file: IRQ1997_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 298
End: 299
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IQ97A438 IQ97A450"><span class="h3">For Iraqis only</span><br /> [Applies to questions 62-64]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IQ97A438 IQ97A450">64. Local and foreign languages spoken by the person ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Al-Arabia
02 Al-Kurdia
03 Al-Turkomania
04 Al-Armania
05 Al-Syriania
06 Al-Chaldeania
09 Other Local Language
10 Undocumented
11 English
12 French
13 Russian
14 German
15 TurKish
16 Persian
17 Chineas
19 Polanies
20 Hingarian
21 Japanies
22 Italian
23 Spanish
25 Bulgaria
30 Afghanistan
31 Pakistan
98 Other Languages
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the local and foreign languages spoken by the person.
Universe
Iraq 1997: Iraqi citizens [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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