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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Speaks indigenous language (SPEAKIND)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 108

End: 108

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes, speaks indigenous language
2	Yes, speaks indigenous and Spanish
3	Yes, speaks only indigenous
4	No, does not speak indigenous language
8	Does not speak
9	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.

Description

Definition

SPEAKIND indicates whether a person speaks an indigenous language, and for many Latin American samples whether they also speak Spanish.

concept

Concept

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

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