Households - P020001 - Household Language By Linguistic Isolation - Summary File 3 (SF3) - Survey Census 2000

Data Dictionary:

Census 2000

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Survey: Census 2000

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary File 3 (SF3)

Table:

P20. Household Language By Linguistic Isolation [14]

Universe: Households

Variable Details

P20.	Household Language By Linguistic Isolation
	Universe: Households
	P020001Households Percent base: None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English -> Language Spoken at Home -> Household language

Household language

In households where one or more people (5 years old and over) speak a language other than English, the household language assigned to all household members is the non-English language spoken by the first person with a non-English language in the following order: householder, spouse, parent, sibling, child, grandchild, in-laws, other relatives, stepchild, unmarried partner, housemate or roommate, and other nonrelatives. Thus, a person who speaks only English may have a non-English household language assigned to him/her in tabulations of individuals by household language.

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English -> Ability to Speak English -> Linguistic isolation

Linguistic isolation

A household in which no person 14 years old and over speaks only English and no person 14 years old and over who speaks a language other than English speaks English "Very well" is classified as "linguistically isolated." In other words, a household in which all members 14 years old and over speak a non-English language and also speak English less than "Very well" (have difficulty with English) is "linguistically isolated." All the members of a linguistically isolated household are tabulated as linguistically isolated, including members under 14 years old who may speak only English.