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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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Educational prerequisites (MX2010A_PREREQ)

Data file: MEX2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 288
End: 288
Width: 1
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="MX10A431 MX10A432 MX10A433 MX10A434 MX10A435 MX10A436 MX10A437 MX10A438 MX10A439 MX10A440 MX10A441 MX10A442"><span class="em">For persons age 3 or older</span><br />[Questions 12-20 were asked of persons age 3 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A441">19. Educational history<br />What were the prerequisites for [the respondent] to be admitted to study (teaching, technical or commercial studies, bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctorate):<br /><div class="i1">[Question 19 was asked of persons age 3 or older who had completed teaching, technical or commercial studies, bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctorate, per question 18.]<br /><br />Circle only one code.<br /><br />[] 1 Primary<br />[] 2 Middle school<br />[] 3 High school<br />[] 4 Bachelor's or professional degree<br />[] 5 Master's degree</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Elementary
2 Secondary/middle
3 Prep school or high school
4 Degree or professional
5 Masters degree
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="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="MX10A431 MX10A432 MX10A433 MX10A434 MX10A435 MX10A436 MX10A437 MX10A438 MX10A439 MX10A440 MX10A441 MX10A442"><span class="em">For people age 3 or older.</span><br />[Questions 12-20 are for persons age 3 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A441"><span class="em">19. Past education</span><br />When you have noted in question 18 "Education" some years in the teacher training college, technical or commercial careers, undergraduate or professional, masters or doctorate, ask, "What studies did he/she need to take to enter this major?" Circle the respective code.<br /><br />If the response is "Basic teacher training college", circle code 3.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable records the prerequisite education needed for the respondent's post-secondary or vocational education.
Universe
Mexico 2010: Persons age 3+ attended/attending post-secondary or vocational programs [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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