spklang
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Question E. How well do you speak that language? (IF SPEAKS 2 OR MORE, ASK ONLY OF THE MOST FLUENT LANGUAGE) READ CATEGORIES
Values
[1]very well[2]well[3]not well[4]poorly/hardly at all[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C | 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for spklang.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | very well | well | not well | poorly/hardly at all | no answer | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 2000 | 2450 | 137 | 85 | 92 | 40 | 13 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2006 | 3837 | 272 | 127 | 197 | 75 | 2 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1470 | 214 | 110 | 160 | 63 | 6 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1508 | 206 | 129 | 141 | 57 | 3 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1397 | 217 | 136 | 144 | 73 | 7 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1789 | 290 | 187 | 189 | 74 | 8 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2045 | 296 | 207 | 203 | 105 | 11 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1625 | 260 | 181 | 192 | 86 | 4 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2810 | 441 | 275 | 305 | 45 | 146 | - | 10 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2554 | 439 | 231 | 205 | 52 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2404 | 420 | 206 | 202 | 60 | - | - | 17 | 3309 |
| Total | 23889 | 3192 | 1874 | 2030 | 730 | 261 | 2 | 28 | 32006 |