Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

Get Microdata

Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website Interactive tools

Created on

Sep 24, 2014

Last modified

Apr 26, 2018

Page views

34635

Downloads

432

Speaks English (US1980A_0443)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 251

End: 251

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13c. How well does this person speak English?

[] Very well
[] Well
[] Not well
[] Not at all

[Fill the circle that best describes the person's ability to speak English.

(1) The circle very well should be filled for persons who have no difficulty speaking English.
(2) The circle well should be filled for persons who have only minor problems which do not seriously limit their ability to speak English.
(3) The circle not well should be filled for persons who are seriously limited in their ability to speak English.
(4) The circle not at all should be filled for persons who do not speak English at all.]

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Does not speak English
3	Yes, speaks only English
4	Yes, speaks very well
5	Yes, speaks well
6	Yes, but not well

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the respondent was able to speak English. It also reports how well English speakers could speak English.

Universe

Persons age 3+

concept

Concept

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

Back to Catalog