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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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Sex (MX1990A_SEX)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX90A403">2. Sex. Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Man<br />[ ] 2 Woman</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
<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="MX90A403"><span class="h2">2. Sex</span><br /><br />Do not forget that you must always mark one answer.<br /><br />When it is a name that can be used by a man or a woman, such as Guadalupe, Asuncion, Concepcion, Refugio, etc., ask the informant if the person is a man or woman.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates gender.
Universe
Mexico 1990: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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