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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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Month of birth of last live-born child (MX2015A_LSTBMON)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 326
End: 327
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
45. Date of birth
<br />In which month and year was the last son or daughter born alive by [the respondent]? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Month _ _<br />[] Year _ _ _ _</div><p> </p>

<p>[Record the month and year]
Categories
Value Category
01 January
02 February
03 March
04 April
05 May
06 June
07 July
08 August
09 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
98 Unknown
99 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">45. Date of birth, 46. Survival, and 47. Age at death</span>
<br />These questions allow you to know some information about the last child born alive, such as the date of birth, if this person is still alive, and his/her age when he/she died case of death.</p>

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

<p>If necessary, support the informant to remember those dates related to events such as: baptisms, intervals in the ages of the children, births of other relatives, lactation periods, and other situations that are useful the required dates.</p>

<p>In Question 45 "Date of birth" record the two-digit month and the four-digit year. Do not register as last child born alive if he/she suffered fetal death, i.e., if stillborn.</p>

<p>If the last child survived, circle code 1 in question 46 "Survival" and continue with the next person or skip to Section IV "Other Income and Land".</p>

<p>In Question 47 "Age at death" take into account the following considerations to register age:</p>
<div class="i1">[] Only record an answer in days, months, or years.<br />[] Record age in days if the child died before reaching 30 days old.<br />[] Record age in months if the child was younger than one year.<br />[] Record "00" days if the child lived only few hours.</div><p>At the end the question 47 "Age at death", continue with the next person or skip to Section IV. "Other Income and Land".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the month of birth of the woman’s last live-born child.
Universe
Mexico 2015: Females age 12+ who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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