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III Housing Census and VIII Population Census of 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1973
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GTM_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Member of indigenous group (GT1973A_INDIG)

Data file: GTM1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A - Personal characteristics</span>
<br />(For all individuals)</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT73A419">7. Ethnic group<br /><div class="i1">Are you indigenous?<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
9 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">A) Personal characteristics (for all persons)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 7: ethnic group</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">1. How to ask the question:</span>
<br />To determine whether a person is indigenous, record the person's own social estimation of himself or herself in the space in which he or she is enumerated. If it is for a servant, ask the informant whether the servant is indigenous. If there is any doubt, or if it is not for a servant, then your last resource is to ask the person if he or she is indigenous and then write the answer given by the enumerated person.</p>

<p><span class="ital">2. How to record the answer:</span>
<br />If the person is indigenous mark an "X" in box 1 next to the word "yes." Otherwise, mark an "X" in box 2 next to the word "no." If the person's indigenous status cannot be established, mark an "X" in box 9 next to the word "unknown."</p>

<p><span class="ital">3. Example:</span>
<br />[This box contains question 7 of the section VI, "people in the census household."]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person belongs to an ethnic group.
Universe
Guatemala 1973: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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