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LS variable metadata
| AMAINLANGPRFP11 |
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| Table | ME11 2011 Census |
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| Short description | Alternative main language (English) proficiency. 2011. |
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| Source | 2011 Census. Questions P18 (What is your main language?) and P19 (How well can you speak English?). |
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| Code notes | 1-6, -6, -9 |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Main Language is English/ Main language is English or Welsh (Wales) |
| 2 | Main Language is not English/ Main language is not English or Welsh (Wales) and speaks English very well |
| 3 | Main Language is not English/ Main language is not English or Welsh (Wales) and speaks English well |
| 4 | Main Language is not English/ Main language is not English or Welsh (Wales) and does not speak English well |
| 5 | Main Language is not English/ Main Language is not English or Welsh (Wales) and does not speak English at all |
| 6 | Person is aged under 3 years |
| -6 | Missing |
| -9 | No code required (Students not at their term-time address) |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 2951 |
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| fullname | (ME11)AMAINLANGPRFP1 |
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| description | This variable is a derived variable combined whether a person's main language is English or Welsh or not, and their proficiency in English if not their main language.. |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 2011 Census. Questions P18 (What is your main language?) and P19 (How well can you speak English?). |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | Main Language is a person's first or preferred language.
Proficiency in English language classifies people whose main language is not English (or not English or Welsh in Wales) according to their ability to speak English.
See also MAINLANG11 (Main langu |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME11 |
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