1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Language spoken at home, Canada (LANGCA)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 97

End: 98

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	English
02	French
03	English and French
04	Aboriginal languages
05	German
06	Netherlands
07	Scandinavian
08	Ukrainian
09	Greek
10	Italian
11	Spanish
12	Portuguese
13	Polish
14	Chinese
15	Austro-Asiatic languages
16	Arabic
17	Punjabi
18	Other Indo-Iranian languages
95	English and other
96	French and other
97	English, French, and other
98	Other
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 describes the language most often spoken by the respondent at home in Canada.

concept

Concept

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

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