VIII General Population and Housing Census, 1960 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 1960
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Reference ID
MEX_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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- MEX1960_PHC-H-H
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Indigenous or foreign language of the household head (MX1960A_INDLANG)
Data file: MEX1960_PHC-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
161
End:
162
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No answer (Spanish) |
| 01 | Amusgo |
| 02 | Chatino |
| 03 | Chinanteco |
| 04 | Chol |
| 05 | Huasteco |
| 06 | Maya |
| 07 | Mayo |
| 08 | Mazateco |
| 09 | Mexicano o Nahuatl |
| 10 | Mixo |
| 11 | Mixteco |
| 12 | Otomi |
| 13 | Tarasco |
| 14 | Tarahumara |
| 15 | Totonaca |
| 16 | Tlapaneco |
| 17 | Tzendal o Tzetal |
| 18 | Tzetizil |
| 19 | Zapoteco |
| 20 | Other dialects |
| 51 | German |
| 52 | Arabic |
| 53 | Chinese |
| 54 | French |
| 55 | English |
| 56 | Yiddish |
| 57 | Japanese |
| 58 | Polish |
| 59 | Russian |
| 60 | Turkish |
| 61 | Other foreign language |
| 99 | 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the indigenous or foreign language spoken by the household head.
Universe
Mexico 1960: All persons
concept
Concept