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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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Place for cooking meals (MX2015A_KITCHENLOC)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
7. Place used for cooking
<br />In that case, do you cook food...?
<br />[Read the options and circle one code]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 In a hallway or corridor<br />[] 2 Under an awning or roofed shelter<br />[] 3 In the open air<br />[] 4 They don't cook in this dwelling? 4 [skip to question 10]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 In a hallway or corridor
2 In a little roof
3 Outside the dwelling
4 Do not cook in this dwelling
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">7. Place used for cooking</span>
<br />This question identifies the place where the dwelling' occupants cook when they do not have one room for cooking. In addition, this question distinguishes when the occupants do not cook in the dwelling.</p>

<p>Read the question mentioning each option until the respondent answers it affirmative and circle the appropriate code.</p>

<p>[Figures are omitted]</p>

<p>The first option, "in a hallway or corridor" refers to a space that is part of the structure of the house, but it is not a room.</p>

<p>The option "under an awning or roofed shelter" refers to cook outdoors under a ceiling of any size and the material may be: metal foil, cardboard, palm, canvas or cloth, among others.</p>

<p>Outside the dwelling: situation in which the dwelling' occupants cook outdoors, without any kind of roof. This option includes people cooking under a tree.</p>

<p>If the respondent answers "they do not cook in this dwelling", circle the code 4 and pass to question 10 "Electricity"; otherwise, continue with question 8 "Fuel".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the place of the dwelling for cooking meals.
Universe
Mexico 2015: Private dwellings built for habitation without kitchen [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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