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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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Years of primary schooling completed and passed: primary (MX1960A_YRSCH2)

Data file: MEX1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Education</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX60A409">19. Does he/she know how to write? Yes or No.<br /></svar></p>

<p>20. Years of elementary education completed and passed (From first to the sixth grade) </p>
<div class="i1">____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
This variable indicates years of primary schooling completed and passed.
Universe
Mexico 1960: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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