Ulster-Scots (Ability)

Description

A person has ability in Ulster-Scots if they can do one or more of the following: understand Ulster-Scots; speak Ulster-Scots; read Ulster-Scots; or write Ulster-Scots. An ability to speak, read or write Ulster-Scots does not imply an ability to understand Ulster-Scots unless stated. Persons in these categories may or may not have the ability to understand Ulster-Scots. Ulster-Scots (Ability) 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 7 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Understands but does not read, write or speak Ulster-Scots 1
Speaks but does not read or write Ulster-Scots 2
Speaks and reads but does not write Ulster-Scots 3
Speaks, reads, writes and understands Ulster-Scots 4
Other combination of skills 5
No ability in Ulster-Scots 6
No code required -8