Table 1. Sample obtained
using all strata (cont.)
PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
Island and town/city |
Agglome-
ration type |
Ownership of centre |
Ling. orient. |
Social
strata |
Total surveys |
% of sample |
Biel Martí |
Menorca
Ferreries |
Rural |
Public |
Cat. |
Middle |
15 |
3.4% |
Sa Colomina |
Ibiza
Ibiza |
Urban |
Public |
Span. |
Middle |
28 |
6.3% |
Joan Alcover |
Mallorca
Palma |
Palma
Centre |
Public |
Equal |
High |
21 |
4.7% |
Francesc de Borja |
Mallorca
Palma |
Palma
Outskirts |
Public |
Span. |
Low |
20 |
4.5% |
Ramon Llull |
Mallorca
Palma |
Palma
Centre |
Public |
Span. |
High-
middle |
28 |
6.3% |
Arxiduc Lluís |
Mallorca
Palma |
Palma
Centre |
Public |
Span. |
Middle |
22 |
4.9% |
Josep Sureda i Blanes |
Mallorca
Palma |
Palma
Outskirts |
Public |
Equal |
Lower-
middle |
23 |
5.2% |
Capdepera |
Mallorca
Capdepera |
Rural
Coastal |
Public |
Equal |
Middle |
35 |
7.9% |
Guillem Colom |
Mallorca
Sóller |
Rural
Inland |
Public |
Equal |
Middle |
25 |
5.6% |
Llucmajor |
Mallorca
Llucmajor |
Urban |
Public |
Cat. |
Middle |
25 |
5.6% |
Statistics
were processed using a package commonly used in social science research: the Statistical
Package of Social Science (SPSS), Version 8.0 (registered software). We applied the
analyses of frequencies and percentages of each variable (univariable analysis), the
intersection of two variables (bivariable analysis) and the multivariable analysis
(discriminating and multiple regression analyses) to the fieldwork results. We also used a
new method of graph-based induction techniques called SIPINA: Interactive System for the
Processes of Non-Arborescent Interrogation No-Arborescent, which will see in Section
5.2.2.
We have
divided our account of the results according to their purpose: descriptive, explanatory
and predictive.
5. Results
5.1. Descriptive Results
The
reliability coefficient ranges from .9282 for the scale on identity to .9808 for the scale
on social representations of languages.
As regards languages
learned, the first language of pupils is Spanish in 56.7% of cases and Catalan in
39.5%. However, we were unable to classify 0.9% of pupils because they did not answer the
survey correctly. The second language learned is Catalan in 50.9% of cases and Spanish in
40.8%. A total of 8.3% pupils learned a different language. The first language of 37.5% of
fathers was Catalan two percentage points lower than for pupils. Spanish was the
first language of 55.5% of fathers whereas 7% had learnt another language. The
Catalan-learning percentages for pupils mothers were higher than those of the
fathers: 38.8%. However, the majority 52.6% learnt Spanish as their first
language, and 8.6% of mothers learnt a different language. We also observe that only 38.3%
of fathers and 39.2% of mothers learn Catalan as a second language. Finally, 12.2% of
fathers and 17.9% of mothers do not learn any language other than their first.
Intergenerational
Language Transmission
General
data on the language spoken by parents of the pupils that we surveyed reveal that, when
both parents were Catalan-speaking, Spanish was only transmitted in three cases,
representing 2.4%, and 97.6% transmitted Catalan. When both were Spanish-speaking, 4.2%
spoke in Catalan with their children. Therefore, 95.2% transmitted Spanish. In 0.5% (one
case) a different language was transmitted. |