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Population and Housing Census 2010 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2010
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MEX_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Monthly income from working (in pesos) (MX2010A_INCOME)

Data file: MEX2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 326
End: 331
Width: 6
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">III. Personal characteristics</span></p>

<p>Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
<br />Copy the name of the person from section II</p>

<p><svar v="MX10A449 MX10A450 MX10A451 MX10A452 MX10A453 MX10A454 MX10A455 MX10A456 MX10A457 MX10A458 MX10A459 MX10A460 MX10A461 MX10A462 MX10A463 MX10A464 MX10A465 MX10A466 MX10A467 MX10A468 MX10A469 MX10A470 MX10A471"><span class="em">For person age 12 or older</span><br />[Questions 24-35 were asked of persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A462">32. Income from work<br />Can you tell me how much pay [the respondent] receives from his job?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 32 was asked of persons age 12 or older who worked or helped in economic activity last week, per questions 26 and 27.]<br /><br />Circle only one code and write the amount.<br /><br />Time period</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Weekly<br />[] 2 Bi-weekly<br />[] 3 Monthly<br />[] 4 Yearly<br />[] 5 Doesn't receive income</div><br /><div class="i3">Write in pesos $_ _ _, _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people</span></p>

<p>In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.</p>

<p>Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.</p>

<p><svar v="MX10A449 MX10A450 MX10A451 MX10A452 MX10A453 MX10A454 MX10A455 MX10A456 MX10A457 MX10A458 MX10A459 MX10A460 MX10A461 MX10A462 MX10A463 MX10A464 MX10A465 MX10A467 MX10A468 MX10A469 MX10A470 MX10A471"><span class="em">For persons age 12 or older</span><br />[Questions 24-35 are for persons age 12 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A462"><span class="em">32. Work income</span><br />This question records the quantity of money that the person receives, obtains, or earns for his/her work, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or annually.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 114]</span><br /><br />Upon recording the response, first calculate how often he/she receives the income, and after, the quantity received, without leaving spaces to the right.<br /><br />Adjust the quantity of the considered periods when they identify a different period.<br /><br />Solicit an approximate amount or average when the response is that the income varies, he/she doesn't know the exact quantity, he/she doesn't remember the amount of the income or the period, or says that he/she earns minimum wage. Confirm the quantity with the informer before writing the amount.<br /><br />Add the income received when the person has completed more than one job the week before the data collection.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable records the respondent's monthly income from working (in pesos).
Universe
Mexico 2010: Persons age 12+ who are economically active [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
MX10A462 is a 6-digit numeric variable.


Codes0 = Bottom code
999997 = Top code
999998 = Unknown
999999 = NIU (not in universe)
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