XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 1990
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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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- MEX1990_PHC-H-H.dat
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Place of birth (MX1990A_BPL)
Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
193
End:
195
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX90A405">4. Place of birth<br /><br />In what state of the Republic of Mexico was this person born? Mark with an X<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Here in this state<br /><br />In another state:<br /><div class="i2">_____(Write the name of the state)</div><br /><br />In another country<br /><div class="i2">_____(Write the name of the country)</div></div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Aguascalientes |
| 002 | Baja California Norte |
| 003 | Baja California Sur |
| 004 | Campeche |
| 005 | Coahuila |
| 006 | Colima |
| 007 | Chiapas |
| 008 | Chihuahua |
| 009 | Distrito Federal |
| 010 | Durango |
| 011 | Guanajuato |
| 012 | Guerrero |
| 013 | Hidalgo |
| 014 | Jalisco |
| 015 | Mexico |
| 016 | Michoacan |
| 017 | Morelos |
| 018 | Nayarit |
| 019 | Nuevo Leon |
| 020 | Oaxaca |
| 021 | Puebla |
| 022 | Queretaro |
| 023 | Quintana Roo |
| 024 | San Luis Potosi |
| 025 | Sinaloa |
| 026 | Sonora |
| 027 | Tabasco |
| 028 | Tamaulipas |
| 029 | Tlaxcala |
| 030 | Veracruz |
| 031 | Yucatan |
| 032 | Zacatecas |
| 070 | Mexico, not specified |
| 100 | Undocumented |
| 103 | Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria |
| 114 | Republica Popular del Congo |
| 115 | Republic of Cote D"Ivoire |
| 118 | Arab Republic of Egypt |
| 121 | Republic of Gambia |
| 122 | Republic of Ghana |
| 123 | Republic of Guinea |
| 126 | Republic of Equatorial Kenya |
| 128 | Republic of Liberia |
| 129 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of Madagascar |
| 134 | Kingdom of Morrocco |
| 139 | Popular Republic of Mozambique |
| 140 | Southwest Africa |
| 142 | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| 143 | Central African Republic |
| 149 | Senegal |
| 154 | Republic of South Africa |
| 157 | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 159 | Tunisian Republic |
| 200 | America |
| 201 | Anguila |
| 202 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 203 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 204 | Argentine Republic |
| 207 | Bermuda (Islands) |
| 208 | Belize |
| 209 | Republic of Bolivia |
| 210 | Federative Republic of Brazil |
| 212 | Canada |
| 213 | Republic of Colombia |
| 214 | Republic of Costa Rica |
| 215 | Republic of Cuba |
| 216 | Republic of Chile |
| 217 | Dominica (Island) |
| 218 | Republic of Ecuador |
| 219 | Republic of El Salvador |
| 220 | United States of America |
| 221 | Grenada |
| 222 | Greenland |
| 223 | Guadelupe (Islands) |
| 224 | Republic of Guatemala |
| 226 | French Guyana |
| 227 | Republic of Haiti |
| 228 | Republic of Honduras |
| 229 | Island of Jamaica |
| 233 | Republic of Nicaragua |
| 234 | Republic of Panama |
| 235 | Republic of Paraguay |
| 236 | Republic of Peru |
| 237 | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
| 238 | Dominican Republic |
| 240 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (Islands) |
| 246 | Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
| 247 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 248 | British Virgin Islands |
| 249 | Republic of Venezuela |
| 300 | Asia |
| 302 | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 304 | Republic of Bangladesh |
| 309 | Korea |
| 311 | Democratic Republic of South Korea |
| 312 | China |
| 313 | Republic of China |
| 314 | People's Republic of China |
| 320 | Republic of the Philippines |
| 321 | Island of Hong Kong |
| 322 | Republic of India |
| 323 | Republic of Indonesia |
| 324 | Republic of Iraq |
| 325 | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 326 | State of Israel |
| 327 | Japan |
| 328 | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| 333 | Republic of Lebanon |
| 335 | Federation of Malaysia |
| 340 | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| 341 | Republic of Singapore |
| 342 | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 343 | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| 344 | Kingdom of Thailand |
| 345 | Republic of Turkey |
| 346 | Viet Nam |
| 400 | Europe |
| 402 | Germany |
| 403 | German Democratic Republic |
| 404 | Federal Republic of Germany |
| 407 | Republic of Austria |
| 409 | Kingdom of Belgium |
| 410 | People's Republic of Bulgaria |
| 411 | Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia |
| 412 | Kingdom of Denmark |
| 413 | Kingdom of Spain |
| 415 | Republic of Finland |
| 416 | Republic of France |
| 417 | Gibraltar |
| 418 | Hellenic Republic (Greece) |
| 419 | Kingdom of Holland (Netherlands) |
| 420 | People's Republic of Hungary |
| 421 | Republic of Ireland |
| 423 | Republic of Italy |
| 429 | Kingdom of Norway |
| 430 | People's Republic of Poland |
| 431 | Republic of Portugal |
| 432 | United Kingdom |
| 433 | Socialist Republic of Romania |
| 435 | Kingdom of Sweden |
| 436 | Swiss Confederation |
| 437 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| 439 | Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia |
| 501 | Australia |
| 506 | Guam (Islands) |
| 517 | New Zealand |
| 700 | Another country |
| 999 | Did not specify place of birth |
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="MX90A405"><span class="h2">4. Place of Birth</span><br /><br />If the person was born in this same State or Federal Entity where you are enumerating, mark the option:<br /><div class="i1">Here, in this state... [x] 1</div><br /><br />If the person was not born in the state or Federal Entity where you are interviewing, you should write the complete name of the State or Federal Entity where he/she was born. Do not use abbreviations, nor write the name of municipalities, locations, or farms.<br /><br />The names of the States or Federal Entities in the Republic of Mexico are:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Aguascalientes<br />Baja California<br />South Baja California<br />Campeche<br />Coahuila<br />Colima<br />Chiapas<br />Chihuahua<br />Federal District<br />Durango<br />Mexico State<br />Guanajuato<br />Guerrero<br />Hidalgo<br />Jalisco<br />Michoacan<br />Morelos<br />Nayarit<br />New Leon<br />Oaxaca<br />Puebla<br />Queretaro<br />Quintana Roo<br />San Luis Potosi<br />Sinaloa<br />Sonora<br />Tabasco<br />Tamaulipas<br />Tlaxcala<br />Veracruz<br />Yucatan<br />Zacatecas</div><br /><br />For example, if a person lives in Sonora, but was born in Quintana Roo, you should write:<br /><div class="i1">In another state: Quintana Roo<br />Write the name of the state.</div><br /><br />If the person answers that they "were born in Mexico," ask him/her to clarify if he/she was born in the state of Mexico or in the Federal District and write the precise answer.<br /><br />If the person was born in another country, write the name of the country in the space for "In another country," for example:<br /><br /><div class="i1">In another country:<br />Guatemala<br />Write the name of the country</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A405"><span class="h2">4. Place of Birth</span><br /><br />If the person was born in this same State or Federal Entity where you are enumerating, mark the option:<br /><div class="i1">Here, in this state... [x] 1</div><br /><br />If the person was not born in the state or Federal Entity where you are interviewing, you should write the complete name of the State or Federal Entity where he/she was born. Do not use abbreviations, nor write the name of municipalities, locations, or farms.<br /><br />The names of the States or Federal Entities in the Republic of Mexico are:<br /><br /><div class="i1">Aguascalientes<br />Baja California<br />South Baja California<br />Campeche<br />Coahuila<br />Colima<br />Chiapas<br />Chihuahua<br />Federal District<br />Durango<br />Mexico State<br />Guanajuato<br />Guerrero<br />Hidalgo<br />Jalisco<br />Michoacan<br />Morelos<br />Nayarit<br />New Leon<br />Oaxaca<br />Puebla<br />Queretaro<br />Quintana Roo<br />San Luis Potosi<br />Sinaloa<br />Sonora<br />Tabasco<br />Tamaulipas<br />Tlaxcala<br />Veracruz<br />Yucatan<br />Zacatecas</div><br /><br />For example, if a person lives in Sonora, but was born in Quintana Roo, you should write:<br /><div class="i1">In another state: Quintana Roo<br />Write the name of the state.</div><br /><br />If the person answers that they "were born in Mexico," ask him/her to clarify if he/she was born in the state of Mexico or in the Federal District and write the precise answer.<br /><br />If the person was born in another country, write the name of the country in the space for "In another country," for example:<br /><br /><div class="i1">In another country:<br />Guatemala<br />Write the name of the country</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates state or foreign country of birth.
Universe
Mexico 1990: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |