Degree of difficulty speaking English on phone
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
language_w10.teldif
Question label:
Degree of difficulty speaking English on phone
Question text:
How difficult do you find speaking English on the telephone?
Question universe:
if (EngLang = 2 | ff_EngLang = 2) (English is not first language)
and if EngSpk = 1 (Has difficulty speaking English)
and if SpkDif = 1|2|3 (Speaking day-to-day English is a little difficult, fairly difficult or very difficult)
and if EngTel = 1 (Has difficulty speaking English on the telephone)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33200 | 96.74% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| A little difficult | 1 | 114 | 0.33% |
| Fairly difficult | 2 | 106 | 0.31% |
| Very difficult | 3 | 94 | 0.27% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4141 | 9.16% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 110 | 0.24% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 105 | 0.23% |
| very difficult | 3 | 64 | 0.14% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40637 | 90.63% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 108 | 0.24% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 141 | 0.31% |
| very difficult | 3 | 93 | 0.21% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 46765 | 91.71% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| a little difficult | 1 | 302 | 0.59% |
| fairly difficult | 2 | 377 | 0.74% |
| very difficult | 3 | 288 | 0.56% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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