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LANGZA1
Language spoken at home, South Africa
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South Africa 1996
South Africa 2001
South Africa 2011
South Africa 2016
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South Africa 1996 — source variable ZA1996A_LANG1 — First language
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Section A:

To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.


6.1. ____ Which language does (the person) speak most often at home? Write the language in the space provided.


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South Africa 2001 — source variable ZA2001A_LANG — Language
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Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone
[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]


P-07. Language

_ _ Which language does (the person) speak most often in this household? Write only one code per person.
01 = Afrikaans
02 = English
03 = IsiNdebele
04 = IsiXhosa
05 = IsiZulu
06 = Sepedi
07 = Sesotho
08 = Setswana
09 = SiSwati
10 = Tshivenda
11 = Xitsonga
12 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Question P-07 -- Language

"Which language does (the person) speak most often in this household?"

Give only one answer per person.

For babies, give the language of their parents. If the languages of the parents differ, give the mother's language, or the language of the person who takes care of the baby most.

Only the eleven official languages of South Africa are listed. There are many other languages spoken in South Africa. If the language is not in the pre-coded list, write code "12" in the box and the name of the language on the dotted line. Remember not to write near the boxes.

Note that this question is not asking mother tongue. It is asking the language most used by each person in the household. This may differ from the mother tongue, and from the language most used at work. For visitors you may ask them the language they speak most often in their usual household.

National Bureau: You must write only one code per person. If the respondent has difficulty choosing, ask them to choose the one that they are more comfortable with.

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South Africa 2011 — source variable ZA2011A_LANG1 — First language most often used in the household
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P-06 Language
Which two languages does [the person] speak most often in this household?
Write the appropriate code in the box.
If no other language, write 00 in the second box.

First _ _
Second _ _
01. Afrikaans
02. English
03. IsiNdebele
04. IsiXhosa
05. IsiZulu
06. Sepedi
07. Sesotho
08. Setswana
09. SiSwati
10. Tshivenda
11. Xitsonga
12. Other
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3. Section A: Demographics (remember to follow instructions)
Purpose: The information is collected to establish the total population of the country, their gender, age and other characteristics.

This section must be completed for every person listed on the questionnaire.
A person who is not married should not answer the question on who their spouse/partner is, e.g. ?If 3-6 on Marital status (P-03), then Go to Population group (P-05)?.

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South Africa 2016 — source variable ZA2016A_LANGHOM — Language most spoken in the household
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3. Person information

[3.7] Household members

[3.7.1] Demographics

[3.7.1.9] Which language does the respondent speak most often in this household?

[] 1 Afrikaans
[] 2 English
[] 3 Isindebele
[] 4 Isixhosa
[] 5 Isizulu
[] 6 Sepedi
[] 7 Sesotho
[] 8 Setswana
[] 9 Sign language
[] 10 Siswati
[] 11 Tshivenda
[] 12 Xitsonga
[] 13 Khoi, Nama and San languages
[] 14 Other