Degree of difficulty speaking day-to-day English
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
language_w10.spkdif
Question label:
Degree of difficulty speaking day-to-day English
Question text:
How difficult do you find speaking English for day to day activities?
Question universe:
if (EngLang = 2 | ff_EngLang = 2) (English is not first language)
and if EngSpk = 1 (Has difficulty speaking English)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33105 | 96.46% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| A little difficult | 1 | 191 | 0.56% |
| Fairly difficult | 2 | 102 | 0.3% |
| Very difficult | 3 | 84 | 0.24% |
| Cannot speak English at all | 4 | 30 | 0.09% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.88 | 33912 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.98 | 407 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4054 | 8.97% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 161 | 0.36% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 117 | 0.26% |
| very difficult | 3 | 62 | 0.14% |
| cannot speak english at all | 4 | 24 | 0.05% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10.89 | 4251 | -11.0 | 4.0 | 1.21 | 40941 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40571 | 90.49% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 151 | 0.34% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 151 | 0.34% |
| very difficult | 3 | 89 | 0.2% |
| cannot speak english at all | 4 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.93 | 44429 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.87 | 408 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 46497 | 91.18% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 464 | 0.91% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 397 | 0.78% |
| very difficult | 3 | 267 | 0.52% |
| cannot speak english at all | 4 | 106 | 0.21% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.01 | 49760 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.97 | 1234 |
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