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HILDA Survey
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HILDA Online Data Dictionary Release 22
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Variable
danengf
Label
History: Is English the first language you learned to speak as a child
Population
Born overseas
Subject Area
BACKGROUND - Ancestry
Survey Wave
4
Data File
Responding Person File
Frequency
anengf
RP
[-1] Not asked
9680
[-4] Refused/Not stated
4
[1] English was first language learned
1445
[2] English was not first language learned
1279
Notes
Combined answer from first interview for continuing persons and answer from NPQ for new persons.
Variable Occurrence
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
W7
W8
W9
W10
W11
W12
W13
W14
W15
W16
W17
W18
W19
W20
W21
W22
Value
Label
1
English was first language learned
2
English was not first language learned
Missing data values
-1
Not asked
-2
Not applicable
-3
Dont know
-4
Refused/Not stated
-5
Multiple response SCQ
-6
Implausible value
-7
Not able to be determined
-8
No SCQ
-9
Non-responding household
-10
Non-responding person