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Romania 1977 — source variable RO1977A_LANG — Mother tongue

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21. Mother tongue

[] 10 Romanian (10)
Other ____

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67. Mother tongue (column 21). For each recorded person on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the free declaration of the person, in the column 21.

For children below 14 years of age, the mother tongue will be declared for them by their parents. For the persons deaf -- and -- dumb, or mentally ill, will be recorded, also, the statements of those who are living together with these persons.

A mark x will be recorded on the code box 10 (Romanian) -- for the persons who declared Romanian as being their mother tongue.

For persons declaring a mother tongue other than Romanian, the mother tongue as it was freely declared will be recorded on the space provided for mother tongue.

The enumerator will not codify the mother tongue.

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Romania 1992 — source variable RO1992A_LANG — Mother tongue

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16 Mother tongue

[] 10 Romanian
_ _ Other mother tongue, specify ____

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Chapter IV - Data on Persons Registered in Households

44. All persons in the household will be recorded in this chapter, regardless whether they were present in the household or absent at the census reference point - "0" hour on the night of January, 6 to 7, 1992, or whether persons had left the household temporarily or for a longer period to work, to study, or for some other reason. Persons temporarily present in the household at the census reference point will not be recorded in this chapter, but in Chapter V.

Q. 16 Mother tongue

63. For each person recorded on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the person's free declaration. Mother tongue represents the first language, usually spoken in early childhood, in the enumerated person's family.

Mother tongue could or could coincide with the nationality.

For children below 14 years of age, mother tongue will be declared for them by their parents. For persons who are deaf, dumb, or mentally ill, statements of those who are living together with these persons will also be recorded.

Code 10 (Romanian) will be marked for persons who declared Romanian as their mother tongue.

For persons declaring a mother tongue other than Romanian, record the mother tongue as it was freely declared, on the space provided for mother tongue. The enumerator will not codemother tongue.

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Romania 2002 — source variable RO2002A_LANG — Mother tongue

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16. Mother tongue

[] 10 Romanian
_ _ Other mother tongue

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Mother tongue (item 16)

63. The mother tongue represents the first language spoken usually in early childhood, on the enumerated person's family. For each recorded person on the questionnaire, the enumerator will register the mother tongue, according to the free declaration of the person.

The way of recording:

-- the mark x will be recorded on the code box 10 (Romanian) -- for the persons who declared Romanian as being their mother tongue;
-- for persons declaring other mother tongue than the Romanian - on the space provided for mother tongue will be recorded the mother tongue as it was declared, and if the person didn't want to declare the mother tongue, then the enumerator will register explicitly "non-declared";

Later, the enumerator will codify the mother tongue, according to the list of mother tongues. (paragraph 123).

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Romania 2011 — source variable RO2011A_MTONGUE — Mother tongue

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24. What is the person's mothers tongue? _ _ _ _

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