Literal question
7. Birth registration: Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate or is he/she registered in the civil registry of:</p>
<div class="i1">Read all options and circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 The Republic of Mexico?<br />[] 2 Another country?<br />[] 3 So, no birth registration?</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">15.3 Section III. People characteristics</span></p>
<p>In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.</p>
<p>Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.</p>
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<p>For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.</p>
<p>Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.</p>
<p><span class="em">7. Birth registration</span>
<br />With this question, it is possible to know if the person has a birth certificate or is registered in the civil registry of the Mexican Republic or another country.</p>
<p>Read the question along with each option until you get an affirmative answer and circle only one code.</p>
<p>Some people may have a double birth registration, that is, in the Mexican Republic and another country; if this is the case, only register code 1.</p>
<p>If the respondent says that they do not have a birth certificate because they have lost it, have not picked it up from the civil registry, or are stored in some institution (school, hospital, or other), ask if the person is registered in the civil registry, and if the answer is affirmative, ask if the registry corresponds to the Mexican Republic or another country, and circle the corresponding code.</p>
<p>In case the birth has not been registered in the civil registry of the Mexican Republic or another country, circle code 3.</p>
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<p>It may happen that the respondent does not know if the person being asked about has a birth certificate or not, or if their birth has been registered in the civil registry. If this situation arises, ask if you have any official identity documents, since generally, a birth certificate is required to obtain them. Some of these documents are: a voting card (voter's credential), driver's license, military service card, passport or professional card, and in the case of minors under 18 years of age, the SEP school certificate.</p>
<p>It is important to point out that in other Spanish-speaking countries, the birth certificate is also known as a birth record.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 302]</span></p>
<p>The birth registration question is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>
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