English as predominant language

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Binary
Value labels	1 = Yes, 0 = No
Technical name	cult_lang_english
Category	Culture
Label	English as predominant language
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The predominant language spoken is English

Coding rules

This variable is a binary variable showing whether the predominant language spoken in a country is the hegemonic language of English.

For further information see the Technical Paper: Besche-Truthe, Fabian; Seitzer, Helen; Windzio, Michael. 2020 “Cultural Spheres – Creating a dyadic dataset of cultural proximity”. SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series, 5. Bremen, SFB 1342.

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Misc

Project manager(s): Besche-Truthe, Fabian; Windzio, Michael; Seitzer, Helen

Data release: 2020.11.23

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