Importance of language spoken at home
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Question asked in the latest wave:
ethnicidentity_w14.ethid2
Question label:
Importance of language spoken at home
Question text:
I'd now like to ask you a few questions about your ethnic identity. How important is the language spoken in your home when you were a child 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? (REPEAT IF NECESSARY: How important is the language spoken in your home when you were a child 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.)
and if (CHILDHOODLANGUAGE.KidLang > 1 & CHILDHOODLANGUAGE.KidLang 1 & ff_kidlang < 98) (language brought up in was not English)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME WHEN RESPONDENT WAS A CHILD THEN ASK FOR THE MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 4 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 32997 | 93.03% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 24 | 0.07% |
| don't know | -1 | 11 | 0.03% |
| Very important to my sense of who I am | 1 | 1580 | 4.45% |
| Fairly important to my sense of who I am | 2 | 526 | 1.48% |
| Not very important to my sense of who I am | 3 | 149 | 0.42% |
| Not at all important to my sense of who I am | 4 | 46 | 0.13% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 31148 | 97.31% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Very important to my sense of who I am | 1 | 255 | 0.8% |
| Fairly important to my sense of who I am | 2 | 95 | 0.3% |
| Not very important to my sense of who I am | 3 | 34 | 0.11% |
| Not at all important to my sense of who I am | 4 | 9 | 0.03% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 21 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 33342 | 84.85% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Very important to my sense of who I am | 1 | 2979 | 7.58% |
| Fairly important to my sense of who I am | 2 | 924 | 2.35% |
| Not very important to my sense of who I am | 3 | 268 | 0.68% |
| Not at all important to my sense of who I am | 4 | 66 | 0.17% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 40655 | 90.67% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| @bvery important@b to my sense of who i am | 1 | 208 | 0.46% |
| @bfairly important@b to my sense of who i am | 2 | 86 | 0.19% |
| @bnot very important@b to my sense of who i am | 3 | 21 | 0.05% |
| @bnot at all important@b to my sense of who i am | 4 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 47332 | 86.74% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.01% |
| very important to my sense of who i am | 1 | 2347 | 4.3% |
| fairly important to my sense of who i am | 2 | 734 | 1.35% |
| not very important to my sense of who i am | 3 | 217 | 0.4% |
| not at all important to my sense of who i am | 4 | 53 | 0.1% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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