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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2006
LFS-Q3, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2006
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MEX_2006_LFS-Q3_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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  • MEX2006_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat

Relationship to household head (MX2006J_PAR_C)

Data file: MEX2006_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 633
End: 635
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title">Sociodemographic questionnaire</div></p>

<p><span class="h1">VII. Sociodemographic characteristics</span></p>

<p>7. Relationship - How is [the respondent] related to the household head?</p>
<div class="i1">[The first person is marked as "household head" in this question]<br />______</div>
Categories
Value Category
101 Head
201 Spouse
202 Companion
203 Cohabitant or unmarried partner
204 Husband or wife
205 Consort, spouse, or partner
301 Child
302 Step child
303 Adopted child
304 Child (legitimate)
305 Non legally adopted child or child who was taken in
401 Escort, domestic worker, employee, worker, chambermaid, cook, cleaner, nanny, server, gardener, guard, porter, chauffeur, housekeeper or butler.
420 Spouse of domestic worker or gardener
430 Child of domestic worker or cook
440 Father, mother and other relatives of domestic worker
501 No relationship
601 Mother or father
602 Step mother or step father
603 Sibling, half sibling
604 Step sibling
605 Grandparent
606 Great grandparent
607 Great great grandparent
608 Grandchild
609 Great grandchild
610 Great great grandchild
611 Uncle
612 Nephew
613 Cousin
614 Parent-in-law
615 Parent-in-law of one's child
616 Child in law
617 Brother in law
618 Sibling's sibling in law
619 Tutor
620 Ward
621 Godparent
622 Godchild
623 Godparent of one's child
624 Other relative
701 Guest
703 Tenant
999 Unknown
000 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6.5 Section VII. Sociodemographic characteristics</span>
<br />In this section, the sociodemographic information of the members of the household in the selected home is obtained. The type of information collected varies based on the different age groups and sex of the people subject to the study, as shown on the following chart:</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>The preceding topic can be seen on the back of the sociodemographic questionnaire, that is, in the next image:</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 7</span>
<br />The purpose of this question is to learn the family relationships between the head of household and the rest of the people who make up the household.</p>

<p>Relationship. The link or bond that exists between the head of household and members of the household, whether by marriage, blood, adoption, affinity or custom.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Spouse or partner. The spouse of the head of household, regardless of whether the bond that unites them is legal, religious or common-law.</p>

<p>The conjugal partner of the head of household may be declared as a spouse, partner, live-in partner, husband, wife, domestic partner or consort.</p>

<p>Son/daughter. These are the direct blood descendants of the head of household and their spouse
<br />who make up part of the household. Include adopted, taken in or recognized and those who are only the children of the head of household's spouse: stepchildren. As much as possible, when obtaining the information, distinguish direct children from adopted, taken in, recognized, and stepchildren by writing the informant's textual response.</p>

<p>Other relationship. People who make up the household and are relatives of the head of household except spouse and children who are bound to the head by blood, affinity or custom, for example: siblings, step-siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, sons- and daughters-in-law, godparents, godchildren.</p>

<p>No relationship. People who are part of the household and do not have any relationship with the head of household, for example: friends, work or school mates, boyfriend or girlfriend or former spouse.</p>

<p>Guests. Person who habitually resides in the private home and who is not sustained by the same grocery expenses, but does pay remuneration for the lodging, and in some cases for meals and other services.</p>

<p>Domestic worker. Person dedicated to domestic service in the household in exchange for payment in money or in kind. The domestic worker resides in the home, but is not considered a member of the household, since they are related economically and not by parental or caring bonds.</p>

<p>Relative of the domestic worker. Person who is related to the domestic worker.</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to ask about the relationship. When asking about the relationship of each of the members of the household, do so in relation to the head of household. For example: What is Angel to the head of this household?<br />It is important to indicate that there should only be one head per household, and that this can be a man or a woman.<br />- Confusing responses. Enter the relationship the informant indicates without questioning it, unless the relationships reported can cause confusion, such as:</div><div class="i1">- Partner. This situation clarifies the type of relationship referenced, as it may be a conjugal relationship, in which case you should record the correct response: spouse. It could also be an affectionate, school or work relationship: friend, school or work mate.<br />- Lover. In this case be especially careful, as it could be a person who does not habitually reside in the selected home. Verify their residence status before recording them as a member of the household.<br />- Niece of the godmother, son-in-law of the spouse, grandmother of the family, partner, etc., analyze the information together with the informant and determine the bond between them, for example: there is no relationship bond between the godmother's niece and the head of household, therefore you would have to write the words: has no relationship or not related; between the son-in-law of the person recorded as spouse and the head of household, the relationship is the same: son-in-law; the relationship of the grandmother could be (in relation to the head of household) mother or mother-in-law.<br />- Recording relationship of domestic servants. In the case of domestic workers, enter the name of the job they perform within the household: domestic employee or servant; if they have some relationship with those residing in the home, specify the relationship between them as follows; cook's son, driver's niece, domestic employee's aunt.<br />- Recording guests. Enter them with the word guest; if any relatives reside with them, record them based on their relationship: children, brother or uncle of the guest, as applicable.<br />- Double relationship. When the response alludes to two or more relationships, prioritize the closest. Examples: sister and godmother, cousin and brother-in-law, uncle and guardian, nephew and guest, enter the relationships sister, cousin, uncle and nephew, respectively.<br />- Family and work relationship. If the response alludes to a blood relation or to any other close relationship and to a work relationship, for example: aunt and domestic servant, record the work relationship.</div><div class="i1">- Family relationship and guest. In this situation, prioritize the service relationship, that is, record the person as a guest.<br />- Unusual relationship. If they report the presence of two spouses of the head of household or a conjugal relationship between people of the same sex, respect the informant's response without questioning it.<br />- Ambiguous information. Do not accept, for any reason, general or ambiguous responses, such as family, relative or distant relative. Ask additional questions to identify the exact familial bond that unites each resident with the head of household.<br />- Sequence to follow. Once the relationship of all members of the household is recorded, continue with question 8.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the relationship to household head. This is a multiple response question where "no" is combined with NIU (not in universe).
Universe
Mexico 2006 Q3 LFS: Present persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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