Population and Housing Census 2020 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2020

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Reference ID

MEX_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS

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Difficulty with self-care (Washington group) (WGCARE)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 216

End: 216

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	No difficulty
2	Some difficulty
3	A lot of difficulty
4	Cannot do at all
8	Unknown
9	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.

Description

Definition

WGCARE indicates the person's level of difficulty in caring for herself or himself, related to activities such as dressing or bathing.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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