The Census: Yiddish Mother Tongue Subpopulation and the National Jewish Population Survey

Publication Date: January 1981

Publisher: Institute for Contemporary Jewry

Author(s): Frances E. Kobrin

Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Demography; Language; Academic research

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The article evaluates two tools used for the study of American Jewry: the National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) and the use of indirect measures such as languages spoken at home or mother tongue subpopulations drawn from a national survey. The author argues that for many purposes, research questions of importance for the study of American Jewry would be batter answered with a much less widely appreciated body of data such as the NJPS.