Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2001

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Reference ID

CAN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Home language most often spoken 2 (CA2001A_0457)

Data file: CAN2001-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 247

End: 248

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15(a). What language does this person speak most often at home?

[] English
[] French
[] Other, specify ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	English single responses
2	French single responses
3	English and French
4	Aboriginal languages
5	German
6	Italian
7	Spanish
8	Portuguese
9	Polish
10	Chinese
11	Austro-Asiatic languages
12	Arabic
13	Punjabi
14	Other Indo-Iranian languages
15	Other
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

Questions 13 to 16 -- Language

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".
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.

Question 15 -- Languages spoken at home

Part (a): Report the language spoken most often at home. Report more than one language only if all languages are spoken equally often.
For a person who lives alone: report the language in which you feel most comfortable.
For a child who has not yet learned to speak: report the language spoken most often to this child at home. If two languages are spoken, report the language spoken most often. If both languages are used equally often, report both languages.
Part (b): Report any other languages that the person speaks at home on a regular
basis, but not as often as the language reported in part (a).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census, excluding persons from the Atlantic provinces and territories.

Universe

Persons not from the Atlantic provinces and the territories

concept

Concept

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

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