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National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001
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BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • BOL2001_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BOL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Native language learned as child (BO2001A_MOTHTONG)

Data file: BOL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 234
End: 234
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO01A436 BO01A437 BO01A438 BO01A439 BO01A440 BO01A441 BO01A442 BO01A443 BO01A444 BO01A445 BO01A446 BO01A447 BO01A448 BO01A449 BO01A450 BO01A451 BO01A452 BO01A453"><span class="h1">Chapter E. Only for those 4 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 35-41 were asked of all persons 4 years or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A436">35. What language did you learn to speak as a child?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Quechua<br />[] 2 Aymara<br />[] 3 Spanish<br />[] 4 Guarani<br />[] 5 Other native language<br />[] 6 Foreign language<br />[] 7 Doesn't speak</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Quechua
2 Aymara
3 Spanish
4 Guarani
5 Other native language
6 Foreign language
7 Doesn't speak
9 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
<svar v="BO01A436 BO01A437 BO01A438 BO01A439 BO01A440 BO01A441 BO01A442 BO01A443 BO01A444 BO01A445 BO01A446 BO01A447 BO01A448 BO01A449 BO01A450 BO01A451 BO01A452 BO01A453"><span class="h2">Chapter E. Only for persons 4 years of age and older</span><br /><br />If the person is 4 years of age or older, the enumerator will proceed with question 35. If younger, the interview is ended and the next person is interviewed.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A436"><span class="em">Question 35. What language did you learn to speak as a child?</span><br /><br />This question's answer is limited to one option; therefore, only one oval is filled in depending on the answer given.<br /><br />If the person is a small child who does not speak or has a speech impairment, the rectangle "Does not speak" is filled in.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's mother tongue.
Universe
Bolivia 2001: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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