Degree of difficulty reading English
Datafile
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Question asked in the latest wave:
language_w10.readdif
Question label:
Degree of difficulty reading English
Question text:
How difficult do you find reading formal letters or documents written in English?
Question universe:
if (EngLang = 2 | ff_EngLang = 2) (English is not first language)
and if EngRead = 1 (Has difficulty reading English)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32926 | 95.94% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| A little difficult | 1 | 200 | 0.58% |
| Fairly difficult | 2 | 178 | 0.52% |
| Very difficult | 3 | 124 | 0.36% |
| Cannot read English at all | 4 | 83 | 0.24% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 3903 | 8.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 201 | 0.44% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 158 | 0.35% |
| very difficult | 3 | 109 | 0.24% |
| cannot read english at all | 4 | 46 | 0.1% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40438 | 90.19% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 192 | 0.43% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 161 | 0.36% |
| very difficult | 3 | 134 | 0.3% |
| cannot read english at all | 4 | 54 | 0.12% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 46179 | 90.56% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 512 | 1.0% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 463 | 0.91% |
| very difficult | 3 | 394 | 0.77% |
| cannot read english at all | 4 | 184 | 0.36% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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