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Mainstage Variable

kidlang_all

Childhood language

Datafile

Index terms

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9180.05%
inapplicable-82321565.45%
proxy-71340.38%
refusal-2350.1%
don't know-150.01%
English11034229.16%
Welsh2370.1%
Gaelic3130.04%
French4500.14%
German5240.07%
Italian6520.15%
Polish71310.37%
Spanish8500.14%
Arabic9400.11%
Bengali101050.3%
Gujarati11750.21%
Punjabi121840.52%
Urdu131680.47%
Somali14130.04%
Cantonese15330.09%
Hindi16350.1%
Sylheti17280.08%
Mandarin18230.06%
Portuguese19330.09%
Africaan2370.02%
Akan2560.02%
Albanian2630.01%
Amharic2810.0%
Armenian2910.0%
Balochi3710.0%
Bemba4210.0%
Bisaya4720.01%
Bulgarian5190.03%
Catalan5410.0%
Chichewa5710.0%
Chinese (not otherwise specified)5820.01%
Creole6260.02%
Croatian6430.01%
Czech67130.04%
Danish6840.01%
Dari6940.01%
Doric7120.01%
Dutch72120.03%
Edo7510.0%
Ewe8110.0%
Fante8320.01%
Farsi84150.04%
Filipino/Philipino8690.03%
Finnish8720.01%
Fula8910.0%
Ga (Ghana)9130.01%
Georgian9420.01%
Other language97250.07%
Hakka (Chinese dialect)10020.01%
Hausa10110.0%
Hebrew10290.03%
Hindko10420.01%
Hungarian107220.06%
Idoma10910.0%
Igbo111150.04%
Ilocano11310.0%
Indonesian11420.01%
Jamaican11710.0%
Japanese11860.02%
Kannada12350.01%
Khurdish/Kurdish12680.02%
Kikuyu12710.0%
Kokni13010.0%
Konkani13130.01%
Korean13220.01%
Latvian13780.02%
Lingala14050.01%
Lithuanian14190.03%
Malay14610.0%
Malayalam147210.06%
Mandinka14920.01%
Marathi15070.02%
Mirpuri15450.01%
Nepalese15750.01%
Ndebele15830.01%
Norwegian16120.01%
Pashto167120.03%
Persian16990.03%
Potwari17210.0%
Pushto17330.01%
Romanian174550.16%
Russian175280.08%
Scottish17740.01%
Serbian17920.01%
Serbo-Croat18010.0%
Shona183120.03%
Sinhala184100.03%
Slovak18680.02%
Swahali189100.03%
Sweden/Swedish19060.02%
Swiss19110.0%
Tagalog192130.04%
Tamal/Tamil193340.1%
Tegrine19520.01%
Telugu19690.03%
Thai198100.03%
Turkish201300.08%
Twi205100.03%
Ukrainian207130.04%
Uhrobo20810.0%
Vietnamese20930.01%
Visayas21010.0%
Wolof21220.01%
Yiddish21410.0%
Yoruba215230.06%
Zulu21610.0%
Krio22010.0%
Luo22110.0%
Oromo22540.01%
Icelandic22620.01%
Not codable997150.04%
Total35471100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-910.0%
inapplicable-82899673.79%
proxy-716834.28%
refusal-2150.04%
don't know-120.01%
English1680117.31%
Welsh2380.1%
Gaelic350.01%
French4260.07%
German5100.03%
Italian6180.05%
Polish7760.19%
Spanish8170.04%
Arabic9170.04%
Bengali101970.5%
Gujarati111440.37%
Punjabi122990.76%
Urdu131780.45%
Somali14350.09%
Cantonese15130.03%
Hindi16180.05%
Sylheti17460.12%
Mandarin1880.02%
Portuguese19490.12%
Turkish20160.04%
Acholi2210.0%
Africaan2320.01%
Akan2530.01%
Albanian2610.0%
Amharic2890.02%
Bemba4210.0%
Binin4510.0%
Bosnian4950.01%
Brava5020.01%
Bulgarian5170.02%
Burmese5210.0%
Chewa5610.0%
Chinese (not otherwise specified)5830.01%
Creole6290.02%
Czech6730.01%
Danish6840.01%
Doric7130.01%
Dutch72120.03%
Fante8340.01%
Farsi84100.03%
Fijian8510.0%
Filipino/Philipino86120.03%
Ga (Ghana)9120.01%
Ghanaian9520.01%
Other language97130.03%
Hebrew10210.0%
Henko10310.0%
Hungarian107140.04%
Igala11020.01%
Igbo11160.02%
Indonesian11430.01%
Japanese11850.01%
Kannada12310.0%
Kashmiri12410.0%
Katchi12520.01%
Khurdish/Kurdish12690.02%
Kokni13030.01%
Korean13220.01%
Kru13420.01%
Kutchi13540.01%
Kuy13610.0%
Latvian13750.01%
Lingala14040.01%
Lithuanian141160.04%
Luganda14250.01%
Malay14630.01%
Malayalam147310.08%
Maltese14810.0%
Mandinka14920.01%
Marathi15040.01%
Mirpuri15480.02%
Nepalese157270.07%
Ndebele15880.02%
Nigerian16030.01%
Norwegian16140.01%
Portuguese16520.01%
Pashto16780.02%
Patois (not elsewhere specified)16870.02%
Persian169100.03%
Pushto17390.02%
Romanian174240.06%
Russian175200.05%
Scottish17750.01%
Serbian17950.01%
Serbo-Croat18010.0%
Shona183120.03%
Sinhala184190.05%
Slovak18690.02%
Sri Lankan18820.01%
Swahali18990.02%
Sweden/Swedish19080.02%
Tagalog192130.03%
Tamal/Tamil193550.14%
Telugu19660.02%
Temne19710.0%
Thai19870.02%
Tigrinya19910.0%
Tongan20010.0%
Tulu20210.0%
Twi205170.04%
Ugandan20610.0%
Ukrainian20710.0%
Uhrobo20810.0%
Vietnamese20950.01%
Wolof21250.01%
Yiddish21410.0%
Yoruba215190.05%
Gurung21810.0%
Kinyarwanda21910.0%
Krio22010.0%
Luo22110.0%
Macedonian22210.0%
Manx22310.0%
Susu22410.0%
Not codable99740.01%
Total39294100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
Only available for IEMB-114057789.79%
missing-910.0%
proxy-71950.43%
refusal-290.02%
don't know-190.02%
English114823.28%
Welsh210.0%
Gaelic340.01%
French4890.2%
German5190.04%
Italian6500.11%
Polish71920.42%
Spanish8670.15%
Arabic91040.23%
Bengali101520.34%
Gujarati112470.55%
Punjabi124060.9%
Urdu132850.63%
Somali141020.23%
Cantonese15280.06%
Hindi16590.13%
Sylheti17220.05%
Mandarin18270.06%
Portuguese19890.2%
Turkish20440.1%
Africaan2340.01%
Akan2510.0%
Albanian26110.02%
Amharic2860.01%
Armenian2930.01%
Asante3020.0%
Bemba4230.01%
Berber4320.0%
Brava5020.0%
Bulgarian51270.06%
Burmese5210.0%
Cambodian5310.0%
Catalan5420.0%
Chewa5630.01%
Chichewa5730.01%
Chinese (not otherwise specified)58140.03%
Creole62210.05%
Croatian6410.0%
Cypriot (Greek)6650.01%
Czech67190.04%
Danish6810.0%
Dari6960.01%
Dutch72140.03%
Edo7530.01%
Essan7710.0%
Estonian7830.01%
Ewe8120.0%
Fante8330.01%
Farsi84140.03%
Fijian8510.0%
Filipino/Philipino86110.02%
Fula8920.0%
Ga (Ghana)9160.01%
Ghanaian9510.0%
Goan9630.01%
Other language97270.06%
Hakka (Chinese dialect)10010.0%
Hausa10160.01%
Hebrew10210.0%
Hindko10430.01%
Hindustani10510.0%
Hungarian107370.08%
Ibo10830.01%
Igbo11180.02%
Ilocano11310.0%
Indonesian11410.0%
Japanese11860.01%
Kannada12320.0%
Kashmiri12460.01%
Katchi12520.0%
Khurdish/Kurdish126110.02%
Kikuyu12740.01%
Kirundi12810.0%
Kutchi12970.02%
Kokni13030.01%
Konkani131110.02%
Korean13210.0%
Kutchi135120.03%
Latvian13760.01%
Limba13910.0%
Lingala14080.02%
Lithuanian141370.08%
Luganda14280.02%
Malay14680.02%
Malayalam147270.06%
Maltese14820.0%
Mandinka14930.01%
Marathi15010.0%
Mirpuri15480.02%
Mizo15510.0%
Nepalese157250.06%
Ndebele15850.01%
Nigerian16030.01%
Norwegian16120.0%
Pashto167140.03%
Patois (not elsewhere specified)168120.03%
Persian16950.01%
Pahari17020.0%
Potwari17210.0%
Pushto173110.02%
Romanian174520.12%
Russian175330.07%
Senegalese17810.0%
Serbian17930.01%
Serbo-Croat18020.0%
Shona18370.02%
Sinhala184120.03%
Slovak186270.06%
Sri Lankan18810.0%
Swahali189230.05%
Sweden/Swedish19050.01%
Swiss19110.0%
Tagalog19290.02%
Tamal/Tamil193510.11%
Telugu19670.02%
Temne19720.0%
Thai19850.01%
Tigrinya19960.01%
Twi205280.06%
Uhrobo20810.0%
Vietnamese20960.01%
Wolof21240.01%
Yoruba215520.12%
Zulu21660.01%
Not codable997410.09%
Total45192100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-950.01%
proxy-738807.11%
refusal-220.0%
don't know-130.01%
English14407980.78%
Welsh24790.88%
Gaelic3370.07%
French41630.3%
German51110.2%
Italian6870.16%
Polish72790.51%
Spanish8970.18%
Arabic91620.3%
Bengali107631.4%
Gujarati115420.99%
Punjabi1210491.92%
Urdu134820.88%
Somali141330.24%
Cantonese15990.18%
Hindi16950.17%
Sylheti17450.08%
Mandarin18820.15%
Abidji2110.0%
Acholi2210.0%
Africaan23190.03%
Ahanta2420.0%
Akan25120.02%
Albanian26150.03%
Algerian2720.0%
Amharic28110.02%
Armenian2920.0%
Asante3030.01%
Assamese3130.01%
Attie3210.0%
Bade3310.0%
Bafan (Cameroon)3410.0%
Bajuni3510.0%
Bakossi3610.0%
Balochi3710.0%
Bangou3810.0%
Barwa3910.0%
Basque4010.0%
Bayangi4110.0%
Bemba4250.01%
Berber4320.0%
Bicol4410.0%
Binin4510.0%
Bisa4610.0%
Bisaya4710.0%
Boki4810.0%
Bosnian4960.01%
Brava5030.01%
Bulgarian51100.02%
Burmese5230.01%
Cambodian5320.0%
Catalan5420.0%
Cebueno5540.01%
Chewa5630.01%
Chichewa5730.01%
Chinese (not otherwise specified)58110.02%
Chitonga5910.0%
Chaozhou6010.0%
Cornish6110.0%
Creole62350.06%
Crioulo6320.0%
Croatian6420.0%
Cwi6510.0%
Cypriot (Greek)6610.0%
Czech67130.02%
Danish68140.03%
Dari69100.02%
Dinka7010.0%
Doric7170.01%
Dutch72310.06%
Ebira7310.0%
Ebo7410.0%
Edo7530.01%
Eritrean7620.0%
Essan7710.0%
Estonian7810.0%
Ethiopian7920.0%
Eton8010.0%
Ewe8190.02%
Ewondo8210.0%
Fante8340.01%
Farsi84330.06%
Fijian8510.0%
Filipino/Philipino86410.08%
Finnish8780.01%
Flemish8850.01%
Fula8920.0%
Fur9010.0%
Ga (Ghana)91150.03%
Galician9210.0%
Ge9310.0%
Georgian9410.0%
Ghanaian95150.03%
Goan9610.0%
Other language97250.05%
Guana9810.0%
Gurainya9910.0%
Hakka (Chinese dialect)10070.01%
Hausa10150.01%
Hebrew10280.01%
Henko10310.0%
Hindko10480.01%
Hindustani10510.0%
Hokkien10610.0%
Hungarian107250.05%
Ibo108160.03%
Idoma10910.0%
Igala11020.0%
Igbo111200.04%
Ijaw11210.0%
Ilocano11330.01%
Indonesian114110.02%
Iraqi11520.0%
Irish11630.01%
Jamaican11760.01%
Japanese118190.03%
Jonam11910.0%
Kachi12010.0%
Kalanga12110.0%
Kamba12210.0%
Kannada12380.01%
Kashmiri12410.0%
Katchi12520.0%
Khurdish/Kurdish126250.05%
Kikuyu12790.02%
Kirundi12820.0%
Kutchi12910.0%
Kokni13020.0%
Konkani13190.02%
Korean13230.01%
Krobo13310.0%
Kru13410.0%
Kutchi13560.01%
Kuy13620.0%
Latvian137130.02%
Latin13810.0%
Limba13910.0%
Lingala140140.03%
Lithuanian141310.06%
Luganda142100.02%
Lumasaba14310.0%
Maharati14410.0%
Malagasy14510.0%
Malay146150.03%
Malayalam147800.15%
Maltese14840.01%
Mandinka14940.01%
Marathi15090.02%
Matabele15110.0%
Memoni15250.01%
Mendi15340.01%
Mirpuri154120.02%
Mizo15510.0%
Moar15610.0%
Nepalese157320.06%
Ndebele158130.02%
Ngas15910.0%
Nigerian16020.0%
Norwegian16160.01%
Nsenga16210.0%
Orcadian16330.01%
Otua16420.0%
Portuguese165870.16%
Pari16610.0%
Pashto167130.02%
Patois (not elsewhere specified)168120.02%
Persian169170.03%
Pahari17020.0%
Polynesian17110.0%
Potwari17210.0%
Pushto173250.05%
Romanian174260.05%
Russian175380.07%
Saraiki17610.0%
Scottish177240.04%
Senegalese17850.01%
Serbian17980.01%
Serbo-Croat18030.01%
Sesotho18110.0%
Setswana18210.0%
Shona183610.11%
Sinhala184230.04%
Sindhi18540.01%
Slovak186140.03%
Sourashtra18720.0%
Sri Lankan18850.01%
Swahali189320.06%
Sweden/Swedish190170.03%
Swiss19110.0%
Tagalog192250.05%
Tamal/Tamil1931830.34%
Tamarian19430.01%
Tegrine19520.0%
Telugu196300.05%
Temne19720.0%
Thai198330.06%
Tigrinya199130.02%
Tongan20020.0%
Turkish201760.14%
Tulu20210.0%
Tumbuka20310.0%
Twa20410.0%
Twi205460.08%
Ugandan20620.0%
Ukrainian20780.01%
Uhrobo20870.01%
Vietnamese209140.03%
Visayas21010.0%
Wala21110.0%
Wolof21270.01%
Xhosa21340.01%
Yiddish21410.0%
Yoruba215610.11%
Zulu21670.01%
Zande21710.0%
Not codable997140.03%
Total54568100.0%

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