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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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Hours worked during the week (MX1990A_WORKHRS)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 244
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436">Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A431">16. Hours<br /><br />How many total hours did the person work last week?<br /><div class="i1">_____Write the number</div><br /></svar>
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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="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436"><span class="h3">Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.</span><br /><br />Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A431"><span class="h2">16. Hours</span><br /><br />With this question, we want to know how many hours in total the person worked in the week before the census. If the person had more than one job, you should add up the hours worked at each job and write the total number of hours.<br /><br />If the informant only knows the number of hours a day, you should ask, How many days of last week did you work?, do the multiplication and write the answer.<br /><br />If the week before the census the person worked extra hours, you should add them to to get the total number of hours worked.<br /><br />For the persons who had a job, but did not work the week of March 5 to 11, 1990, you should write 0 [zero] hours worked with the number 0.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I worked 8 hours a day from Monday to Saturday.<br />-Then, 8x6=48, you work 48 hours a week.<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[48]<br />Write the number<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A435"><span class="pg">[p.43]</span><br />[Illustration]<br />I work as a flower vendor. I do not have an employer, I am self-employed. I work everyday, Monday through Sunday, from 8 in the morning until 6 P.M.. I sell my flowers in the street, on the street called "September 16", and I make about two hundred thousand pesos biweekly.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Flower vendor<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sell flowers<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[70]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To sell flowers<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />In the street<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [__] 1<br />Biweekly [200,000] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br /><br />-I am a seamstress, I make dresses and blouses for my clients here in my house. I work six hours a day and I rest on Saturdays and Sundays. I make about eighty thousand pesos a week.<br /><br /><div class="i1">14. Principal occupation<br />What is the job, post, or position that you have at your principal occupation?<br />Seamstress of dresses and blouses<br />Write the name.<br /><br />What are the tasks or functions that you do in your job?<br />Sew and cut blouses and dresses<br />Write the tasks.<br /><br />15. Work situation<br />The person in his/her work is?<br />Mark only one circle<br />Employee or worker? [ ] 1<br />Day laborer or salaried laborer? [ ] 2<br />Self-employed? [x] 3<br />Employer or businessman [ ] 4<br />Unpaid worker in a family business or property? [ ] 5<br /><br />16. Hours<br />How many hours total did you work last week?<br /><br />[30]<br />Write the number<br /><br />17. Economic activity<br />What is the primary activity of the business, lot, company, institution or place where you worked?<br /><br />To cut and sew blouses and dresses<br />Write the primary activity<br /><br />Where did you work?<br />For example: in the fields, in a factory, in a mechanic's shop<br /><br />At home<br />Write the place where he/she worked<br /><br />18. Income<br />How does this person earn for his/her work?<br />Write only one answer in numbers<br /><br />Weekly [80,000] 1<br />Biweekly [__] 2<br />Monthly [__] 3<br />Yearly [__] 4<br />Mark with an x<br />Does not receive income [ ] 0</div><br />[End of illustration]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates hours worked during the week.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 12+ who worked or had a job last week [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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