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Intercensal Survey 2015 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2015
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MEX_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Since December, any child living in the dwelling ate only once in a day or stopped eating for a whole day because of not having enough money (MX2015A_CHILDFOOD5)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. Food intake of people younger than 18 years old
<br />Since December, any child living in this dwelling:
<br />[Read all the options and circle one code for each one]</p>
<div class="i1">Was hungry but did not eat because did not have enough money</div><p> </p>
<div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i1">Ate only once in a day or stopped eating for a whole day because did not have enough money</div><p> </p>
<div class="i2">[] 3 Yes<br />[] 4 No</div><div class="i1">Went to bed hungry because did not have enough money</div><p> </p>
<div class="i2">[] 5 Yes<br />[] 6 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">3. Eating habits of people younger than 18 years old and 4. Food intake of people younger than 18 years old</span>
<br />These questions identify households with people under 18 years old who have trouble meeting their nutritional needs for lack of money. Read the questions, mention their options, listen to the answer and circle the corresponding code for each one.</p>

<p>To obtain useful information, it is very important that the answers refer to:</p>
<div class="i1">[] The last three months.<br />[] Dietary restrictions caused exclusively by lack of money.<br />[] People younger than 18 years old.</div><p>When the informant has doubts about "food variety", take into account that it refers to the availability of diverse food, calories, and nutrients in order to satisfy the needs of a balanced diet; i.e., they provide the nutrients required for daily energy use (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates); they allow maintenance or achieving the ideal weight and provide vitamins and minerals.</p>

<p>Therefore, "unvaried eating" means that people do not consume various types of food (vegetables, fruits, cereals, and meat). If the respondent asks "what the/she should eat" answer that it is referred to the ideal diet considered by he/she, that is, what does he/she think they should eat in the house.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether since December, any child living in the dwelling ate only once in a day or stopped eating for a whole day because the household did not have enough money.
Universe
Mexico 2015: Households with at least one person under 18 years old [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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