Source Variables

Some unharmonized variables may not be available.

Variable
Variable Label
 Type Sample
AM2011A_LANG1 Mother tongue P Armenia 2011
AM2011A_LANG2 Second language P Armenia 2011
BY2009A_LANG1 First listed other fluent language P Belarus 2009
BY2009A_LANG2 Second listed other fluent language P Belarus 2009
BY2009A_LANG3 Third listed other fluent language P Belarus 2009
BY2009A_LANG4 Fourth listed other fluent language P Belarus 2009
BO2012A_MTONG First language learned as a child P Bolivia 2012
BO2012A_LANG1 First language spoken P Bolivia 2012
BO2012A_LANG2 Second language spoken P Bolivia 2012
BO2012A_LANG3 Third language spoken P Bolivia 2012
BO2012A_LANG4 Fourth language spoken P Bolivia 2012
BO2012A_LANG5 Fifth language spoken P Bolivia 2012
BF2006A_LANG Spoken language P Burkina Faso 2006
KH2008A_MTONGUE Mother tongue P Cambodia 2008
KH2008A_LITOTH Literate in other language P Cambodia 2008
KH2019A_MTONGUE Mother tongue P Cambodia 2019
KH2019A_LITO Read and write any other language P Cambodia 2019
CM2005A_SPKENG Speak English P Cameroon 2005
CA1971A_LANGOFF Knowledge of official language P Canada 1971
CA1981A_LANGOFF Knowledge of official languages P Canada 1981
CA1991A_LANGOFF Knowledge of official languages P Canada 1991
CA2001A_OLNP Knowledge of official languages P Canada 2001
CA2011A_LANG Knowledge of official language P Canada 2011
SV2007A_LANG Language spoken P El Salvador 2007
ET1994A_MTONG Mother tongue P Ethiopia 1994
ET1994A_LANG2 Second language P Ethiopia 1994
GH2000A_LIT Literacy P Ghana 2000
GH2010A_LIT Literacy P Ghana 2010
GN1996A_LIT Literacy and language P Guinea 1996
HU1990A_LANGM Mother tongue P Hungary 1990
HU1990A_LANG1 First language spoken other than mother tongue P Hungary 1990
HU1990A_LANG2 Second language spoken other than mother tongue P Hungary 1990
HU1990A_LANG3 Third language spoken other than mother tongue P Hungary 1990
IE2011A_ENGLEV Level of English P Ireland 2011
IE2016A_ENGLEV Level of English P Ireland 2016
KG1999A_LANG1 Mother tongue P Kyrgyzstan 1999
KG1999A_LANG2 Other fluently spoken language (first) P Kyrgyzstan 1999
KG1999A_LANG3 Other fluently spoken language (second) P Kyrgyzstan 1999
KG2009A_LANG1 Mother tongue P Kyrgyzstan 2009
KG2009A_LANG2 Second fluently spoken language P Kyrgyzstan 2009
KG2009A_LANG3 Third fluently spoken language P Kyrgyzstan 2009
MW1987A_ENGLISH Literate in English P Malawi 1987
MW1998A_ENGLISH Literate in English P Malawi 1998
MW2008A_ENGLISH Literate in English P Malawi 2008
MY1970A_LANG Languages spoken in everyday conversation P Malaysia 1970
MY1980A_LANG Language spoken P Malaysia 1980
MU2011A_LITENG Literate in English (read and write) P Mauritius 2011
MA2014A_LIT Literacy (ability to read and write) P Morocco 2014
MA2014A_LANG1 First language read and written P Morocco 2014
MA2014A_LANG2 Second language read and written P Morocco 2014
MA2014A_LANG3 Third language read and written P Morocco 2014
PG1990A_LITENG Literate in English P Papua New Guinea 1990
PG2000A_LITENG Literate in English P Papua New Guinea 2000
PY2002A_LANG Spoken language P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_LANG2 Second language P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_LANG3 Third language P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_LANG4 Fourth language P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_LANG5 Fifth language P Paraguay 2002
PH2000A_LANGE Able to speak English P Philippines 2000
PR1970A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 1970
PR1980A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 1980
PR1990A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 1990
PR2000A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 2000
PR2005A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 2005
PR2010A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 2010
PR2015A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 2015
PR2020A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P Puerto Rico 2020
RU2002A_LANG1 Fluency in first non-Russian language P Russia 2002
RU2002A_LANG2 Fluency in second non-Russian language P Russia 2002
RU2002A_LANG3 Fluency in third non-Russian language P Russia 2002
RU2010A_LANG1 Fluency in first non-Russian language P Russia 2010
RU2010A_LANG2 Fluency in second non-Russian language P Russia 2010
RU2010A_LANG3 Fluency in third non-Russian language P Russia 2010
RW1991A_LANGFOR Foreign language spoken P Rwanda 1991
RW2002A_LANG Language spoken P Rwanda 2002
RW2012A_LIT Literacy (languages) P Rwanda 2012
SL2015A_LITENG Literate in English P Sierra Leone 2015
ZA1996A_LANG1 First language P South Africa 1996
ZA1996A_LANG2 Second language P South Africa 1996
ZA2011A_LANG1 First language most often used in the household P South Africa 2011
ZA2011A_LANG2 Second language most often used in the household P South Africa 2011
CH2011A_LANG1AGG First main language (aggregated) P Switzerland 2011
CH2011A_LANG2AGG Second main language (aggregated) P Switzerland 2011
CH2011A_LANG3AGG Third main language (aggregated) P Switzerland 2011
TZ2002A_LIT Literacy P Tanzania 2002
TZ2012A_LIT Literacy P Tanzania 2012
TG1960A_SPKENG English P Togo 1960
UA2001A_LANGOTH Other language of fluency P Ukraine 2001
US1980A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 1980
US1990A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 1990
US2000A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 2000
US2005A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 2005
US2010A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 2010
US2015A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 2015
US2020A_SPEAKENG Speaks English P United States 2020
UY2006A_ENGLISH Knows English P Uruguay 2006
ZM1990A_LANG1 Primary language P Zambia 1990
ZM1990A_LANG2 Secondary language P Zambia 1990
ZM2000A_LANG1 Predominant language of communication P Zambia 2000
ZM2000A_LANG2 Second language of communication P Zambia 2000
ZM2010A_LANG Main language spoken P Zambia 2010