English Language Proficiency - 4 Categories

Description

Classifies people, whose main language is not English, according to their ability to speak English. English Language Proficiency is applicable to people aged 3 and over. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population where no response was expected.

Variable categories

Showing all 4 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Main language is English 1
Main language is not English: Can speak English very well or well 2
Main language is not English: Cannot speak English or cannot speak English well 3
No code required -8