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Mainstage Variable

alllang

Languages spoken at home

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Family and households Family life Language profile Welsh

Individual variables

Variable name	Variable label	Datafile
alllang1	english	indresp
alllang2	welsh	indresp
alllang3	gaelic	indresp
alllang4	french	indresp
alllang5	german	indresp
alllang6	italian	indresp
alllang7	polish	indresp
alllang8	spanish	indresp
alllang9	arabic	indresp
alllang10	bengali	indresp
alllang11	gujarati	indresp
alllang12	punjabi	indresp
alllang13	urdu	indresp
alllang14	somali	indresp
alllang15	cantonese	indresp
alllang16	hindi	indresp
alllang17	sylheti	indresp
alllang18	mandarin	indresp
alllang19	portuguese	indresp
alllang20	turkish	indresp
alllang97	other language	indresp

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