Literal question
III. Personal characteristics
Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
Copy the name of the person from section II
For all persons
[Questions 1-10 are asked of all persons.]
7. Use of health services
Where is [the respondent] treated when s/he has health problems?
Circle only one code.
[] 1 Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
[] 2 Institute for Social Security and Services for Federal Government Employees (ISSSTE)
[] 3 Institute for Social Security and Services for State Government Employees (ISSSTE estatal)
[] 4 Pemex, Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the Navy systems (Pemex, Defensa, Marina)
[] 5 Secretary of Health (SSA) (Popular Insurance) Health Center or Hospital
[] 6 Social Security Opportunities program (IMSS Oportunidades)
[] 7 Private office, clinic or hospital
[] 8 Someplace else
[] 9 S/he is not treated
Interviewer instructions
6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people
In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.
Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.
For all persons
[Questions 1-11 are for all persons.]
7. Use of health services
This question finds out where the people are seen when they have health problems.
When asking this question, the response options are only read when it is very evident that the informer doesn't know what to answer.
If the informer's response is that the person is seen in more than one health institution, ask, "To which does he/she go with the most frequency?" And circle the code that corresponds.
When the response is the name or number of the clinic, ask if it pertains to the IMSS, ISSSTE, or some hospital of the Pemex, the Army, the Marines, the Secretary of Health (SSA) or some other; circle the code of the option that corresponds.
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Consider the following and circle:
Code 2, if the response is ISSSTE and deals with federal government workers.
Code 3, if the declaration is an institution of the state social security such as: ISSSET, ASSSEMyM, ISSSTEZAC, ISSSPEA, or ISSSTESON, the state ISSSTE is circled.
Code 7, if the person is seen in a private medical clinic or Farmacias Similares.
Code 8, if the person goes to a benefit institution such as: DIF, Red Cross, Green Cross, Ambar Cross, medical dispensary; midwife, health promoter, or other.
Code 9, if the person doesn't use health services or the response is one of the following: he/she uses health services in a country outside Mexico, he/she goes to a folk healer, witch, herbalist, or similar places.
