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Intercensal Survey 2015 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2015
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Reference ID
MEX_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Metadata
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • MEX2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Usual type of transport from the dwelling to school (MX2015A_TRANSCH3)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
21. Mode of transport to school
<br />How does [the respondent] usually get from here to school?
<br />[Circle up to three codes]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Bus, taxi, or collective transport<br />[] 2 Subway, electric bus, or light rail<br />[] 3 Private vehicle (car, truck, or motorcycle)<br />[] 4 School bus<br />[] 5 Bicycle<br />[] 6 Walking<br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
3 Private vehicle (car, truck or motorcycle)
4 School transport
5 Bicycle
6 Walking
7 Other mean
8 No use of more than one type of transportation or 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">21. Mode of transport to school</span>
<br />This question identifies the mean of transportation used by the person to arrive to school. Read the question and circle the answer declared by the informant. Take into account you can choose up to three means of transportation when those are used in the same route.</p>

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

<p>For example, some people take a truck, after take the subway and then walk to school. In this case you must check all three means of transportation.</p>

<p>When the informant indicates that some days he/she uses a mean of transportation and other days uses another transportation mode, ask him/her to identify the used most frequently used transportation.</p>

<p>If the answer is trolleybus circle code 1 "bus, taxi, or collective transport".</p>

<p>If the informant mentions a mode of transportation not included in the options, circle code 7 "other".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of transport used by the person for going from the dwelling to the school.
Universe
Mexico 2015: Persons age 3+ who travel to school [discrepancies: type I none; type II 27.4%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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