Home / Central Data Catalog / MEX_2015_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

Intercensal Survey 2015 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2015
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MEX_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
1712

Sex (MX2015A_SEX)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 197
End: 197
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?

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the sex of the person.
Universe
Mexico 2015: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog