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VIII General Population and Housing Census, 1960 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1960
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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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Language (MX1960A_LANG)

Data file: MEX1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 153
End: 153
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX60A408"><br /><span class="h3">Language</span><br /><br />[] 16. Spanish or Castilian<br /><br />17. Language or indigenous dialect that the person speaks as a native tongue. Examples: Nahuatl, Otomi, Zapotec, etc. If the person is or was a foreigner write down his/her native tongue, this is, the language he/she spoke during his/her childhood at home. Examples: English, French, Chinese, etc. <br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Speaks Spanish
2 Does not speak Spanish
9 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 if Spanish is spoken.
Universe
Mexico 1960: All persons

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