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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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Religion (MX1990A_RELIG)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX90A406 MX90A407 MX90A408 MX90A409 MX90A410 MX90A411 MX90A412 MX90A413 MX90A414 MX90A415 MX90A416 MX90A417 MX90A418 MX90A419 MX90A420 MX90A421 MX90A422">Ask only if this person is five years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A410">7. Religion<br /><br />What is the religion of this person? Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 None<br />[ ] 2 Catholic<br />[ ] 3 Protestant or Evangelical<br />[ ] 4 Jewish<br />[ ] 5 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 None
2 Catholic
3 Protestant or Evangelical
4 Jewish
5 Other
6 Not specified
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
<svar v="MX90A406 MX90A407 MX90A408 MX90A409 MX90A410 MX90A411 MX90A412 MX90A413 MX90A414 MX90A415 MX90A416 MX90A417 MX90A418 MX90A419 MX90A420 MX90A421 MX90A422"><span class="h3">Questions for persons who are five years old or more</span><br /><br />When you ask the questions: 5. Place of previous residency; 6. Indigenous language; 7. Religion; 8. Literacy; 9. School attendance; and 10. Grades completed, you should pay attention to the age of the person about whom you are requesting the information. Remember that these questions are only for persons who are five years old or more.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A410"><span class="h2">7. Religion</span><br /><br />The religions Presbyterian, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses and other Christian religions that are not Catholic, should be included in the category "Protestant or Evangelical."<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates religion.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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