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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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Sex (MX2010A_SEX)

Data file: MEX2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 231
End: 231
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><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-10 are asked of all persons.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A402">1. Sex<br /><div class="i1">Circle only one code<br /><br />[] 1 Male<br />[] 3 Female</div><br /></svar>
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="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><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-11 are for all persons.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A402"><span class="em">1. Sex</span><br />If by the name of the person you can identify that it deals with a woman or a man, or if you are soliciting the informer's information, don't ask the question, only mention the name of the person and the sex that corresponds to them tied to the age question.<br /><br />Example:<br />Sonia is a woman: "How old is she?"<br /><br />Ask the sex of the person only if the name is uncommon like: Andárani, Yuritzi, Erubey, Éder, or if it is used for man or a woman like: Guadalupe, Rosario, Inés, Asunción, Refugio, Soledad, among others.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable records the respondent's sex.
Universe
Mexico 2010: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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