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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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Reference ID
IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Local and foreign languages spoken (IQ1997A_0450)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 269
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For Iraqis only
[Applies to questions 62-64]



64. Local and foreign languages spoken by the person ____
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Al-Arabia
2 Al-Kurdia
3 Al-Turkomania
4 Al-Armania
5 Al-Syriania
6 Al-Chaldeania
9 Other Local Language
10 Undocumented
11 English
12 French
13 Russian
14 German
15 TurKish
16 Persian
17 Chineas
19 Polanies
20 Hingarian
21 Japanies
22 Italian
23 Spanish
25 Bulgaria
30 Afghanistan
31 Pakistan
98 Other Languages
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.
Interviewer instructions
64. The local and foreign languages known by the person:
Means the languages that the person can speak them properly they are either local languages Arabic, Kurdish, etc. or foreign languages English, French, etc. The person has to record the languages that he can speak properly either local or foreign languages.
As for the children who were less than five years old recorded the language of their parents if they don't speak other language if the person is deaf or dumb this field is left vacant.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the local and foreign languages spoken by the person.
Universe
Iraqi citizens

concept

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