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Table 1 Continued Note: Language Codes in this table are from 1990 United States Census of Population and Housing, Technical Documentation and from 2000 United States Census of Population and Housing, Technical Documentation. There are minor differences in the language codes in the 1990 and 2000 Censuses. These differences are indicated in column (3). Column (4) is the language score for the direct codes.

Table 1 Continued Note: Language Codes in this table are from 1990 United States Census of Population and Housing, Technical Documentation and from 2000 United States Census of Population and Housing, Technical Documentation. There are minor differences in the language codes in the 1990 and 2000 Censuses. These differences are indicated in column (3). Column (4) is the language score for the direct codes.

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Partial Effect of Linguistic Distance on the English Language Proficiency | of Foreign-Born Adults from Non-English Speaking Countries, 1990 U.S. Census“ The measure of Linguistic Distance (LD) is the inverse of the Linguistic Score (LS) in Table 1. That is LD = 1/LS from Table 1. The dependent variable is unity if the respondent speaks only English at home or, if another language is spoken, English is spoken “very well” or “well”. It is zero for those who speak English “not well” or “not at all.” The foreign-born excludes those born in the English-speaking developed countries (U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). Adults are persons age 25 to 64 in 1990. Where only English is spoken at home, and hence a non-English language is not reported, LS is the mean value of the linguistic score measure for individuals reporting a foreign language from their birthplace group. Table 2
Partial Effect of Linguistic Distance on the English Language Proficiency | of Foreign-Born Adults from Non-English Speaking Countries, 1990 U.S. Census“ The measure of Linguistic Distance (LD) is the inverse of the Linguistic Score (LS) in Table 1. That is LD = 1/LS from Table 1. The dependent variable is unity if the respondent speaks only English at home or, if another language is spoken, English is spoken “very well” or “well”. It is zero for those who speak English “not well” or “not at all.” The foreign-born excludes those born in the English-speaking developed countries (U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). Adults are persons age 25 to 64 in 1990. Where only English is spoken at home, and hence a non-English language is not reported, LS is the mean value of the linguistic score measure for individuals reporting a foreign language from their birthplace group. Table 2
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