XII General Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 2000

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Reference ID

MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Sep 29, 2011

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Speak an indigenous language or dialect (MX2000A_0423)

Data file: MEX2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 260

End: 260

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ask only if this person is five years old or more

12. Indigenous language

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Yes
2	No
9	Not specified

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

12. Indigenous Language

This information is collected with three questions. The first is to find out if the person speaks a dialect or indigenous language and you should always ask it even when you believe that in your area of work indigenous languages are not spoken. If the person speaks one, ask the name of the language and write it down; if you do not know how it is spelled, write it as it sounds; with the third question find out if the person also speaks Spanish.

[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form]

Foreign languages, such as English, French, Italian, or others, are not indigenous languages.
In a case in which they respond Chontal, ask if it is from Oaxaca or from Tabasco and write down the answer.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person speaks an indigenous language.

Universe

Persons age 5+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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