Page tools:
 Print Page
 Print All
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standard question module 35. The standard question module for Languages Spoken at Home elicits the most detailed responses and data. There are two alternatives which may be used, depending on space and cost considerations:
36. Alternative two is more compact but will incur additional coding costs. Alternative one 37. The standard question module for Languages Spoken at Home follows:
37a. A computer assisted interviewing (CAI) module for standard language variables has been developed. This module includes four standard language questions including the standard question module for Languages Spoken at Home and can be found in the Blaise instrument - see Appendix A for information on how to install and run this module. If you require assistance please contact the Assistant Director of Data Management, Dissemination and Survey Support on extension 6680. 37b. To use the standard question module for Languages Spoken at Home in a CAI survey please inform Data Management, Dissemination and Survey Support at the question specification stage of survey development by including a statement to that effect in your question specifications. 38. The list of languages provided with this question module has been included primarily on the basis of the statistical significance of these languages in the Australian context. Approximately 90% of Australians speak at least one of these languages and the use of this list ensures compatibility across collections and minimises coding costs. Cantonese and Mandarin are both included to ensure that the response 'Chinese', for example, is not erroneously coded to one or the other. It will be reviewed periodically as different languages assume a greater or lesser significance in the Australian context as a result of changing migration patterns. 39. The 'Other' category is included for those people who speak a language in the home that is not offered in the list as a response to the question. 'Please specify' is added to the 'Other' category with space provided for respondents to write in their language(s). 40. Each language response to the question will need to be matched to an entry in the Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL), Second Edition Coding Index (see Coding Procedures in Classification and Coding). Alternative two 41. If there is a need for detailed information but space constraints are an over-riding consideration, space can be provided for respondents to write in their language(s). If this is done, however, there will be significant additional coding costs since each response will need to be matched to an entry in the ASCL Coding Index (see Coding Procedures in Classification and Coding).
Standard input categories 43. The standard input categories for Languages Spoken at Home are the base level units of the ASCL and are represented by their four-digit codes. For operational reasons, residual categories and codes and supplementary codes also exist to enable 'not elsewhere classified' and 'inadequately described' responses to be processed within a collection coded at the four-digit level. Full details regarding the standard classification and code structure, residual categories and codes, and supplementary codes can be found in the ASCL.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
