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Population and Housing Census 2020 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2020
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MEX_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Any adult living in the dwelling sometime had one meal or no food because did not have enough money (past three months) (MX2020A_ADULTFOOD6)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 311
End: 311
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">VI. Food</span></p>

<p>3. Adult food intake: In the last three months, have you or any adult in your housing unit ever:</p>
<div class="i1">Read all options and circle only one code for each option</div><div class="i1">No Eaten only once in a day or not eaten at all for a day due to lack of money or resources</div><p> </p>
<div class="i2">[] 5 Yes<br /> [] 6 No</div>
Categories
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="h2">15.6 Section VI. Food</span></p>

<p>This topic includes three questions: 1. Access to food in the housing unit, 2. Adult diet, 3. Food intake of adults.
<br />If you used more than one questionnaire, record the data in this section in the last one you used.
<br />Before applying them, read the introductory text: "Now I'm going to ask you about the food of the people who live here."</p>

<p>In order for the information to be useful, it is very important that the answer obtained refers to the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- The last three months.<br />- Food limitations caused exclusively by lack of money or resources in the home.</div><span class="em">1. Access to food in the housing unit</span>
<br />This question identifies housing units where residents have run out of food at some point in the last three months and did not have the money or resources to buy more.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 427]</span></p>

<p>If you are asked what you mean by lack of resources or what resources are, explain that they are non-monetary ways of acquiring food.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p>The food section is presented in its digital version as shown in the images.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p><span class="em">2 Adult diet and 3. Food intake of adults</span>
<br />These questions identify housing units with adult people, that is, people aged 18 years and older, who, due to lack of money or resources, have problems satisfying their food needs.</p>

<p>Read the questions mentioning all the options, listen to the answer, and circle the corresponding code for each one.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 429]</span></p>

<p>Remember that for the information to be useful, it is very important that the answers obtained refer to the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- The last three months.<br />- Food limitations caused exclusively by lack of money or resources.<br />- People aged 18 years and older, or the head of the housing unit if under 18 years of age.</div><p>When the respondent has doubts about what is variety in food, take into account that it refers to the availability of varied foods, calories, and nutrients, in order to satisfy the needs of a balanced diet; that is, that they provide the nutrients required for daily energy use (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates); they also allow the maintenance or achievement of the ideal weight and provide vitamins and minerals.</p>

<p>Therefore, eating little variety means that people do not consume foods of various types (vegetables, fruits, cereals, meats, etc.).</p>

<p>If you are asked by the respondent: "What should I eat?", comment that this refers to the ideal they have about what to eat, i.e., what they think they should eat in their housing unit.</p>

<p>In case they are in doubt about what hunger means, consider that it refers to the painful physical and emotional sensation caused by the recurrent and involuntary scarcity of food.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether any adult living in the dwelling sometime had one meal or no food because did not have enough money.
Universe
Mexico 2020: All households

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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