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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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Sep 03, 2025
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Sex of household head (MX2015A_SEXHD)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 300
End: 300
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1. Sex
<br />[The respondent] is:
<br />[Circle one code]
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Man<br />[] 3 Woman</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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">1. Sex</span>
<br />This information is not asked when you can identify the sex of the person by his/her name or when you are requesting the information of the person. In both situations, only mention the name of the person, confirm the corresponding gender and ask the question about his/her age.</p>

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

<p>Example: Ana is a woman, how old is she?
<br />Ask the sex question when the name is unusual such as Andárani, Yuritzi, Erubey, Éder, or if the name is used for both men and women such as Guadalupe, Rosario, Inés, Asunción, Refugio, Concepción, Soledad.
<br />Example: Is Refugio a male or female?</p>

<p><span class="em">3. Relationship</span>
<br />This question identifies the family relationship of each person with the head; for example: wife, husband, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, among others.</p>

<p>Search the relationship always with respect to the head and no with respect to the informant, unless he/she is the head. Remember that there can be only one head in the dwelling, regardless of the gender.</p>

<p>Read the question, listen to the answer and circle the appropriate code. Write only on the line if the information declared by the informant is another relationship that is not listed in options 2 to 7. For example: niece, nephew, grandmother, grandfather, chauffeur, domestic worker, and so on.</p>

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

<p>Since the first person is the head, you must confirm it in this question as follows: "Is Sofia the head?". For the other people ask the question including the word "head": "What is the relationship of Miguel with the head?"</p>

<p>When the informant did not identify anyone as head, circle the code 1 for the first person and ask the relationship with respect to that person.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sex of household head.
Universe
Mexico 2015: All households

concept

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