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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q2, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q2_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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  • MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat

Level of schooling (MX2009I_NIV_INS)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 397
End: 397
Width: 1
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>13. Education level - What was the last schooling level or school grade that [the respondent] passed?</p>
<div class="i1">Level</div><div class="i2">(If any of the options from 00 to 04, or 99, is chosen, skip to question 17)<br /><br />[] 00 None<br />[] 01 Preschool<br />[] 02 Elementary<br />[] 03 Secondary<br />[] 04 High school or GED<br />[] 05 Teaching school or credential (normal)<br />[] 06 Vocational/occupational degree<br />[] 07 Bachelor's degree<br />[] 08 Master's degree<br />[] 09 Doctorate degree<br />[] 99 Doesn't know</div><div class="i1">Year _</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Incomplete primary schooling
2 Completed primary schooling
3 Completed secondary schooling
4 Higher education and more
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.
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>

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<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 13</span>
<br />This question is asked to people 5 years of age or older to learn the highest level and grade or academic year they have completed, regardless of whether or not they know how to read and write.</p>

<p>Level of education. Refers to studies included in the national education system, or its equivalent in the case of studies abroad.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- Ask this question even when the response to the previous question was that they do not know how to read and write a message.<br />- Studies to obtain. Consider the studies completed in public and private schools regardless of the SEN modalities: in person school, semi in person school, open, adult education, special education, televised high-school, televised baccalaureate, video baccalaureate, technical or commercial studies, as well as education received in other countries.<br /><br />This question consists of two columns, level and year. Below we explain how you should record the response to this question.</div><p>[Omitted figure]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's level of schooling.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q2 LFS: Present persons age 5+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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