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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

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French Equivalent: Langue parlée à la maison

Definition:
In Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), students were asked if the language spoken at home most of the time is the language of assessment, another official national language, other national dialect or language, or another language.

The responses were then grouped into two categories: the language spoken at home most of the time is different from the language of assessment, from other official national languages, and from other national dialects or languages, and; the language spoken at home most of the time is the language of assessment, other official national languages, or other national dialects or languages.

Source Publication:
Education at a Glance, OECD, Paris, 2002, Glossary
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Statistical Theme: Education and training statistics

Created on Thursday, January 30, 2003

Last updated on Thursday, February 26, 2004