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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey

Variable Details

Variablelanghom2
LabelWhich language spoken at home[coded]Q949
Responses
1 Afrikaans 0
2 Albanian,Arvanitika 0
3 Albanian,Gheg 0
4 Albanian,Tosk 0
5 Allemannisch 0
6 Alsatian 1
7 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan 1
8 Arabic, Levantine(Israel) 0
9 Armenian 0
10 Avar (Russia) 0
11 Awadhi (India) 0
12 Aymara, Central(Argentina,Peru) 0
13 Basque 0
14 Belorussian 0
15 Bemba (Zambia) 0
16 Bengali (India)/Bangladeshi/Bangla 46
17 Bhojpuri(India) 0
18 Bosnian 0
19 Breton 0
20 Bulgarian 0
21 Catalan 0
22 Chechen (Russia) 0
23 Chinese,Hakka 0
24 Chinese,Mandarin 0
25 Chinese,Min Nan 0
26 Chuvash (Russia) 0
27 Croatian 0
28 Czech 0
29 Danish 0
30 Daccan (India) 0
31 Dutch 0
32 English 363
33 Erzya (Russia) 0
34 Estonian 0
35 Finnish 0
36 French 3
37 Frisian,Western(Neatherland) 0
38 Fulacunda(Senegal) 0
39 Gaelic, Irish 0
40 Gagauz (Moldova) 0
41 Galician 0
42 Gascon 0
43 Georgian 0
44 German, Standard 0
45 Greek 0
46 Guarani,Paraguayan 0
47 Gujarati(South Africa,India) 60
48 Hebrew 0
49 Hungarian 0
50 Icelandic 0
51 Hindi 7
52 Italian 0
53 Jakati (Moldova) 0
54 Japanese 1
55 Kannada(India) 1
56 Kaonde (Zambia) 0
57 Karaim (Lithuania) 0
58 Kirmanjki(Turkey) 0
59 Kurmanji(Turkey) 0
60 Lading (Israel) 0
61 Lala-Bisa(Zambia) 0
62 Lamba (Zambia) 0
63 Latvian 0
64 Lenje (Zambia) 0
65 Lesser Antillean Creole 1
66 English 0
67 Ligurian 0
68 Lithuanaian 0
69 Lombard 0
70 Lozi (Zambia) 0
71 Lunda (Zambia) 0
72 Luvale (Zambia) 0
73 Macedonian 0
74 Maithili(India) 0
75 Malay 0
76 Malayalam(India) 3
77 Malinke(Senegal) 0
78 Mambwe-Lungu(Zambia) 0
79 Mandinka(Senegal) 1
80 Maori 0
81 Mapudungun(Chile) 0
82 Marathi(India) 0
83 Mbowe (Zambia) 0
84 Mingrelian(Georgia) 0
85 Montenegrian 0
86 Mwanga (Zambia) 0
87 Neapolitan-Calabrese 0
88 Norwegian,Bokmal 0
89 Nsenga (Zambia) 0
90 Nyanja (Zambia) 0
91 Nyiha (Zambia) 0
92 Oriya (Ndia) 0
93 Osetin (Georgia) 0
94 Panjabi,Eastern(India) 115
95 Piemontese 0
96 Polish 0
97 Portuguese 1
98 Provencal 0
99 Quechua,Ancash,Huaylas 0
100 Quechua,South Bolivian(Argentina) 0
101 Quechua,Ayacucho 0
102 Quichua,Highland,Imbabura 0
103 Romani, Balkan 0
104 Romani, Carpathian 0
105 Romani, Vlach 0
106 Rumanian 0
107 Rumanian,Istro 0
108 Rumanian,Macedo 0
109 Russian 0
110 Sardinian,Logudorese 0
111 Schwyzerdutsch(Switzerland) 0
112 Serb 0
113 Serbo-Croatian 0
114 Serere-sine(Senegal) 0
115 Sicilian 0
116 Sindhi(Singapre,India) 0
117 Slovak 0
118 Slovenian 0
119 Sotho,Northern(South Africa) 0
120 Sotho,Southern(South Africa) 0
121 Spanish 1
122 Swati (South Africa) 0
123 Swedish 0
124 Tamil (India) 5
125 Tatar (Russa) 0
126 Telugu (India) 0
127 Tibetan 0
128 Ticanese(Switzerland) 0
129 Tonga (Zambia) 0
130 Toucouleur (Senegal) 0
131 Tsonga (South Africa) 0
132 Tswana (South Africa) 0
133 Tumbuka(Zambia) 0
134 Turkish 0
135 Ukranian 0
136 Urdu (India) 50
137 Venetian 0
138 Zhosa (South Africa) 0
139 Welsh 0
140 Wolof (Senegal) 0
141 Yahudic(Israel) 0
142 Yiddish 0
143 Zulu 0
201 Ashanti 1
202 Bluch (Pakistan) 1
203 Cantonese 0
204 Doric (Scotland) 0
205 Esan (Nigeria) 1
206 Ewe (Ghana) 1
207 Ga (Ghana) 1
208 Gaelic,Scotland 0
209 Farsi (Iran) 0
210 Indonisian 0
211 Iranian 0
212 Iwo (Uganda) 1
213 Jamaican Patois 1
214 Maltese 0
215 Mende (Sierra leone) 1
216 Mirpuary/Mirpuir (Pakistan) 2
217 Mnadinggo (Gambia) 1
218 Pahari (Pakistan) 1
219 Pushto (Pakistan) 2
220 Saraki (Pakistan) 1
221 Somali 4
222 Swahili 2
223 Twi (Ghana) 3
224 Ugandan 2
225 Vietnamese 0
226 Yoruba (Nigeria) 8
995 Indian(not spec) 2
996 Srilankan 1
998 Don't know 0
999 Not answered 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
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