XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1990

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Reference ID

MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS

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Age (MX1990A_AGE)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 190

End: 192

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="MX90A404">3. Age<br /><br />How many years has this person completed?<br /><div class="i1">_____Write the number</div><br /><br />If this person is less than one year old. Mark with an X<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 0</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
000	0
001	1
002	2
003	3
004	4
005	5
006	6
007	7
008	8
009	9
010	10
011	11
012	12
013	13
014	14
015	15
016	16
017	17
018	18
019	19
020	20
021	21
022	22
023	23
024	24
025	25
026	26
027	27
028	28
029	29
030	30
031	31
032	32
033	33
034	34
035	35
036	36
037	37
038	38
039	39
040	40
041	41
042	42
043	43
044	44
045	45
046	46
047	47
048	48
049	49
050	50
051	51
052	52
053	53
054	54
055	55
056	56
057	57
058	58
059	59
060	60
061	61
062	62
063	63
064	64
065	65
066	66
067	67
068	68
069	69
070	70
071	71
072	72
073	73
074	74
075	75
076	76
077	77
078	78
079	79
080	80
081	81
082	82
083	83
084	84
085	85
086	86
087	87
088	88
089	89
090	90
091	91
092	92
093	93
094	94
095	95
096	96
097	97
098	98
099	99
100	100
101	101
102	102
103	103
104	104
105	105
106	106
107	107
108	108
109	109
110	110
111	111
112	112
113	113
114	114
115	115
116	116
117	117
118	118
119	119
120	120
999	Unknown

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

<svar v="MX90A401 MX90A402 MX90A403 MX90A404 MX90A405"><span class="pg">[p.25]</span><br /><span class="h1">Questions that are asked of all of the persons</span><br /><br />You should ask questions 1: relationship; 2: sex; 3: Age; 4: place of birth of all of the persons that normally live in the dwelling, no matter what their age is.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A404"><span class="h2">3. Age</span><br /><br />Do not forget that you must always get and write down an answer.<br /><br />There are persons who have the custom of answering the number of years that they will complete, for example: "I am almost 23." Since you are asking the number of years completed, you should write:<br /><div class="i1">[22]</div><br />Write the number<br />If the person is less than one year old, mark the corresponding box: <br /><div class="i1">If this person is less than one year old<br />Mark with an x<br />[x]</div><br /><br />If the person does not remember his/her age, help the person remember by trying to remember an important activity in his/her life, for example, how old were you when you got married and how many years have you been married?<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates age.

Universe

Mexico 1990: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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