Universe: Households - B16002001 - Household Language By Linguistic Isolation - American Community Survey Tables: 2006 (1-Year Estimates) (ACS06) - Survey ACS 2006 (1-Year Estimates)

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Data set: American Community Survey Tables: 2006 (1-Year Estimates) (ACS06)

Table:

B16002. Household Language By Linguistic Isolation [14]

Universe: Universe: Households

Variable Details

B16002.	Household Language By Linguistic Isolation
	Universe: Universe: Households
	B16002001Universe: Households Percent base: None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2006 Summary File: Technical Documentation.
	ACS 2006-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English -> Household Language

Household Language

In households where one or more people spoke a language other than English, the household language assigned to all household members was the non-English language spoken by the first person with a non-English language. This assignment scheme ranked household members in the following order: householder, spouse, parent, sibling, child, grandchild, other relative, stepchild, unmarried partner, housemate or roommate, and other nonrelatives. Therefore, a person who spoke only English may have had a non-English household language assigned during tabulations by household language.

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2006 Summary File: Technical Documentation.
	ACS 2006-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English -> Linguistic Isolation

Linguistic Isolation

A linguistically isolated household was one in which all adults had some limitation in communicating English. A household was classified as "linguistically isolated" if, 1.) No household member age 14 years and over spoke only English, and 2). No household member age 14 years and over who spoke another language spoke English "Very well." All members of a linguistically isolated household were tabulated as "linguistically isolated," including members under 14 years old who may have spoken only English.