Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
puerto
2000
|
puerto
2005
|
puerto
2010
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) | X | X | X |
| 001 | English | X | X | X |
| 008 | German | X | X | X |
| 011 | Yiddish, Jewish | X | · | · |
| 016 | Danish | X | · | · |
| 020 | Italian | X | X | X |
| 022 | French | X | X | X |
| 024 | Patois | X | · | · |
| 025 | French or Haitian Creole | X | · | X |
| 026 | Cajun | X | · | · |
| 027 | Spanish | X | X | X |
| 032 | Portuguese | X | X | X |
| 033 | Rumanian | · | X | · |
| 037 | Greek | X | · | · |
| 043 | Polish | X | · | · |
| 051 | Lettish | X | · | · |
| 056 | Persian, Iranian, Farssi | X | · | · |
| 062 | Hindi | X | X | X |
| 063 | Sanskrit | X | · | · |
| 081 | Other Indo-European languages | · | X | · |
| 087 | Turkish | X | · | · |
| 110 | Chinese | X | X | X |
| 112 | Mandarin | X | · | · |
| 124 | Thai | X | · | · |
| 126 | Japanese | X | · | · |
| Code | Label |
puerto
2000
|
puerto
2005
|
puerto
2010
|
| 127 | Korean | X | · | X |
| 128 | Vietnamese | X | · | X |
| 146 | Filipino, Tagalog | X | X | · |
| 150 | Llocano, Hocano | · | X | · |
| 157 | Chamorro, Guamanian | X | · | · |
| 180 | Arabic | X | X | · |
| 195 | Swahili | X | · | · |
| 251 | Navajo | X | · | · |
| 340 | Other specified American Indian languages | · | X | · |
| 998 | Other n.e.c. | X | · | X |
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- Harmonization table
- No supplemental programming
- Instructions for interpreting harmonization documents
Description
LANGPR describes the language that the respondent speaks at home in Puerto Rico.
Universe
- Persons age 5+
Availability
- Puerto Rico: 2000, 2005, 2010
Questionnaire Text
| Puerto Rico 2000 |
| Puerto Rico 2005 |
| Puerto Rico 2010 |
11.a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
[] No -- Skip to 12
11.b. What is this language?
(For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese)
13a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
[] No -- Skip to question 14
[13b. and 13c are asked if the person can speak a language other than English at home.]
13b. What is this language? ____
13.
13a. Mark the "Yes" box if the person sometimes or always speaks a language other than English at home. Mark the "No" box if the person speaks only English, or if a non-English language is spoken only at school or is limited to a few expressions or slang.
13b. Print the name of the language spoken at home. If this person speaks more than one non-English language and cannot determine which is spoken more often, report the one the person first learned to speak.
14. a) Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
[] No - Skip to question 15a
____
Mark the "No" box if the person speaks only English, or if a non-English language is spoken only at school or is limited to a few expressions or slang.
14b. If this person speaks more than one non-English language and cannot determine which is spoken more often, report the one the person first learned to speak.