Description
LANGUAGE describes the language a person spoke at home. If people specified two languages, only the first one (the mother tongue) was coded.
Comparability
Information about language in the Norway censuses is only included in the most ethnically diverse areas of Norway, mainly the three northernmost provinces (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark).
For the United States 1910, the question for the variable LANGUAGE was aimed primarily at identifying English speakers. All persons able to speak English were to respond "English", even if they usually spoke another language. Only persons who could not speak English were to respond with a non-English language. (The census did not indicate how well a person had to speak English to be considered "able to speak English"). Non-English-speaking respondents who spoke more than one language were to report the mother tongue (MTONGUE).
Universe
- Norway 1865: All persons
- Norway 1875: All persons
- Norway 1900: All persons
- United States 1910: Persons age 10+
Codes and Frequencies
Availability
- Norway: 1865, 1875, 1900
- United States: 1910
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