Mnemonic: hh_welsh_speaking_adults
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable

Definition

Number of adults (aged 16 years and over) who can speak Welsh in households in Wales.

Classification

Total number of categories: 3

Code Name
0 No Welsh-speaking adults in household
1 At least one Welsh-speaking adult in household
-8 Does not apply*

*Households with no usual residents, and households in England.

Background

Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.

Comparability with the 2011 Census

Highly comparable

What does highly comparable mean?

A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.

England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons

Country specific

What does country specific mean?

This variable has only been produced for Census 2021 in England and Wales.

Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.

Census 2021 data that uses this variable

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