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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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Age of child at death (months) (MX2020A_LSTBAGEDTH2)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 395
End: 396
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
50. Surviving children: How old was the child when he/she died:</p>
<div class="i1">Write down only one answer in days, months, or years. If the child lived less than one day, write 00 in days<br /><br />_ _ Days or<br />_ _ Months or<br />_ _ Years</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than 1 month
01 1 month
02 2 months
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
97 Less than a year, months unknown
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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">15.3 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>

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

<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">Age at death</span></p>

<p>You should only apply this question if in 48. survival you registered code 3. No.</p>

<p>Read question 50. Age at death and record only one response in days or months or years.</p>

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<p>The question age of death is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>

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<p><span class="pg">[p. 403]</span></p>

<p>Once you finish applying all the questions for a person, the Census Manager confirms the following:</p>

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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the age of child at death (months).
Universe
Mexico 2020: Females age 12+ whose last live-born child died in their first year [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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