Linguistic repertoire: comprises the main language, the language(s) usually spoken at home/with relatives and the language(s) usually spoken at work/in school.
Main language: This variable is based on the following question from the Structural Survey: "What is your main language, i.e. the language you think in and know best)?". Possible answers are: German (or Swiss German), French (or Swiss French patois), Italian (or Ticino or Grisons Italian dialect), Rhaeto-Romansh, Serbian or Croatian, Albanian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, other language(s). Respondents may indicate several languages; up to three languages can be taken into account.