Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
boliv
2001
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 5,029 |
| 2 | No | 822,663 |
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Description
This variable indicates whether the person speaks other indigenous language.
Universe
- Bolivia 2001: All persons
Availability
- Bolivia: 2001
Questionnaire Text
Chapter D. For all individuals (Request the presence of those people who slept in this dwelling, including [explicitly both male and female] children.)
[Questions 27-34 were asked of all persons.]
32. What languages and dialects are you able to speak?
[] 2 Aymara
[] 3 Spanish
[] 4 Guaraní
[] 5 Foreign language
[] 6 Doesn't speak
[] 7 Other indigenous Bolivian language
Chapter D. For all persons
From this question [question 27] onwards, each person who spent the night prior to the census day in this dwelling should be interviewed individually. The presence of all persons, including children, should be requested.
If the person is younger than 7 years of age or if he cannot make himself understood, his presence should be requested but the information should be provided by the father, mother, or another adult. This person should be present for the duration of the interview.
Question 32. What languages do you speak? (if this applies, more than one alternative is filled in)
There are only two questions with multiple option answers: 20 and 32. They are marked by a double line in the box and the options have rectangles.
[p. 61]
For example:
Juan speaks Spanish and an indigenous language: Chiquitano.
The form is filled out in this way:
[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form with the rectangles corresponding to 3 (Spanish) and "Other indigenous" filled in with the word "Chiquitano" written in the boxes provided.]