Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010

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TALKLANG IF "YES" (OTHLANG1): Would you say you speak [that language] very well, fairly well, or only a little? (94, 95, 97, 02)   -1) RF/DK   1) Only a little   2) Fairly well   3) Very well

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
RF/DK	1	.1%	.1%	-3.62
Only a little	348	33.5%	33.6%	-1.21
Fairly well	332	32%	65.6%	-.01
Very well	357	34.4%	100%	1.2

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Religion Gender Political ideology Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-93	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Only a little	24.4% 71	35.4% 140	39.0% 85	44.9% 48	34.0% 344
Fairly well	33.7% 98	29.6% 117	35.8% 78	28.0% 30	31.9% 323
Very well	41.9% 122	34.9% 138	25.2% 55	27.1% 29	34.0% 344
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 395	100.0% 218	100.0% 107	1011

Race (I-RACE)

	Anglos	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians	Other	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Only a little	52.4% 220	43.8% 53	16.5% 64	6.7% 4	12.5% 4	33.8% 345
Fairly well	33.1% 139	31.4% 38	32.6% 127	16.7% 10	34.4% 11	31.8% 325
Very well	14.5% 61	24.0% 29	50.9% 198	76.7% 46	53.1% 17	34.3% 351
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 121	100.0% 389	100.0% 60	100.0% 32	1022

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prostestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other religion	No religion	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Only a little	45.9% 183	22.2% 91	36.8% 7	30.4% 31	38.5% 35	34.0% 347
Fairly well	33.8% 135	34.2% 140	26.3% 5	20.6% 21	29.7% 27	32.2% 328
Very well	20.1% 80	43.5% 178	36.8% 7	49.0% 50	31.9% 29	33.7% 344
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 409	100.0% 19	100.0% 102	100.0% 91	1020

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Only a little	32.0% 170	35.2% 178	33.5% 348
Fairly well	33.3% 177	30.6% 155	32.0% 332
Very well	34.6% 184	34.2% 173	34.4% 357
TOTAL	100.0% 532	100.0% 506	1038

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Only a little	36.4% 142	34.9% 117	27.8% 58	33.9% 317
Fairly well	30.8% 120	33.1% 111	34.0% 71	32.3% 302
Very well	32.8% 128	31.9% 107	38.3% 80	33.7% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 390	100.0% 335	100.0% 209	934

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than 12th grade	12th grade	1-3 years of college	Bachelor's degree (BA, BS)	Some graduate level work	Graduate degree (MA, MS, MBA, Med, MSW, PhD, JD, MD, DDS)	TOTAL
RF/DK	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Only a little	28.9% 44	27.3% 53	36.3% 95	36.3% 90	54.4% 31	28.7% 35	33.6% 348
Fairly well	34.9% 53	28.9% 56	30.9% 81	31.0% 77	35.1% 20	36.1% 44	32.0% 331
Very well	36.2% 55	43.8% 85	32.8% 86	32.7% 81	10.5% 6	35.2% 43	34.4% 356
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 194	100.0% 262	100.0% 248	100.0% 57	100.0% 122	1035