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
Producer(s)
Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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- MEX1960_PHC-H-H
- MEX1960_PHC-P-H
Years of schooling (MX1960A_YRSCH1)
Data file: MEX1960_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
155
End:
156
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
20. Years of elementary education completed and passed (From first to the sixth grade) </p>
<div class="i1">____</div><svar v="MX60A410">Column 20: Pay attention that in this column you should note the number of years passed only in elementary school and this can only be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 years, whether in official [public] or private schools.<br /></svar>
<div class="i1">____</div><svar v="MX60A410">Column 20: Pay attention that in this column you should note the number of years passed only in elementary school and this can only be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 years, whether in official [public] or private schools.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates total years of schooling.
Universe
Mexico 1960: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]
concept
Concept