Census of Canada 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971

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Reference ID

CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Ethnic or cultural group (CA1971A_0413)

Data file: CAN1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 179

End: 180

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 21

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15. To what ethnic or cultural group did you or our ancestor (on the male side) belong on coming to this continent?

[] English
[] French
[] German
[] Irish
[] Italian
[] Jewish
[] Native Indian

Band ____

[] Native Indian

Not band ____

[] Netherlands
[] Norwegian
[] Polish
[] Scottish
[] Ukrainian
[] Other, write here ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	British Isles - English, Irish, Welsh, Other British Isles
2	French
3	Austrian
4	Chinese
5	Czech
6	Finnish
7	German
8	Hungarian
9	Italian
10	Japanese
11	Jewish
12	Native Indian - band and nonband
13	Negro
14	Netherlands
15	Polish
16	Russian
17	Scandinavian - Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Swedish
18	Slovak
19	Ukrainian
20	West Indian
21	Other and 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.

Interviewer instructions

15. Ethnic or cultural group refers to descent (through the father's side) and should not be confused with citizenship. Canadians belong to many ethnic or cultural groups-- English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Ukrainian, Jewish, Native Indian, Negro, Chinese, Lebanese, etc.

Use as guide if applicable in your case:

1 The language you spoke on first coming to this continent, if you were born outside of Canada.
2 In born in Canada, the language spoken by your ancestor on the male side when he came here.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the ethnic or cultural group(s) to which the respondent's ancestors belong.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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