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Mainstage Variable

ethid3

Importance of English language

Datafile

Index terms

Question asked in the latest wave:

ethnicidentity_w14.ethid3

Question label:

Importance of English language

Question text:

(CHILDHOODLANGUAGE.KidLang > 1 & CHILDHOODLANGUAGE.KidLang 1 & ff_kidlang < 98)And how important is the English language to your sense of who you are?KidLang = 1| ff_kidlang = 1I'd now like to ask you a few questions about your ethnic identity. How important is the English language to your sense of who you are? Is it very important, fairly important, not very important or not at all important to your sense of who you are?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1|3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if ff_ivlolw = 1 & (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.FBorn = 1) (did a full interview last wave and is in the EMBoost sample, GP Comparison sample or LDA sample or is in the IEMB sample or is foreign born.)

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-950.01%
inapplicable-83041285.74%
proxy-71340.38%
refusal-2420.12%
don't know-1230.06%
Very important to my sense of who I am126637.51%
Fairly important to my sense of who I am214294.03%
Not very important to my sense of who I am35751.62%
Not at all important to my sense of who I am41880.53%
Total35471100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-910.0%
inapplicable-83064895.75%
proxy-74641.45%
refusal-2180.06%
don't know-1700.22%
Very important to my sense of who I am14401.37%
Fairly important to my sense of who I am22820.88%
Not very important to my sense of who I am3690.22%
Not at all important to my sense of who I am4160.05%
Total32008100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-91430.36%
inapplicable-82953575.16%
proxy-716834.28%
refusal-290.02%
don't know-1310.08%
Very important to my sense of who I am1506612.89%
Fairly important to my sense of who I am220805.29%
Not very important to my sense of who I am36031.53%
Not at all important to my sense of who I am41440.37%
Total39294100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9190.04%
inapplicable-84006989.37%
proxy-738588.6%
refusal-220.0%
don't know-160.01%
@bvery important@b to my sense of who i am15171.15%
@bfairly important@b to my sense of who i am22800.62%
@bnot very important@b to my sense of who i am3680.15%
@bnot at all important@b to my sense of who i am4180.04%
Total44837100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-920.0%
inapplicable-84252877.94%
proxy-738807.11%
refusal-220.0%
don't know-1210.04%
very important to my sense of who i am152469.61%
fairly important to my sense of who i am221193.88%
not very important to my sense of who i am36131.12%
not at all important to my sense of who i am41570.29%
Total54568100.0%

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