XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2000
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Reference ID
MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Number of people in the dwelling (MX2000A_PERNOD)
Data file: MEX2000_PHC-H-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
240
End:
241
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A042">1. Number of persons<br />How many persons normally live in this dwelling counting small children and the elderly? (also count the servants that sleep here)<br /><div class="i1">____ Write the number</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 37 | 37 |
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 a="all" v="MX00A042"><span class="em">1. Number of People</span><br /><br />Ask how many people live in the dwelling; for this, consider that a habitual resident is any person who normally lives in the dwelling, and sleeps, eats and gets shelter there.<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]<br /><br />Only when the informant has doubts as to whom to consider as a resident, help him out with the following criteria:<br /><br />Habitual residents are:<br /><br />Newborns who have not yet arrived at the dwelling because they are in the hospital.<br /><br />People who are temporarily absent because of vacations, hospitalization, business trips, school events, or any other cause.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 60]</span><br /><br />Domestic employees and their family members who sleep in the dwelling<br /><br />People of foreign nationality who normally live in the dwelling.<br /><br />People who cross the border daily to work in another country, as well as those who return to Mexico on the weekends.<br /><br />People who, at the time of the interview, are present in the dwelling and do not have any set place to live.<br /><br />[There are drawings to represent each of the above examples]<br /><br />The following are not habitual residents:<br /><br />People who are visiting and live in another dwelling.<br /><br />People who have gone to live in other places to study, work, or for other causes.<br /><br />Foreign diplomats and their families.<br /><br />Domestic servants who do not sleep in the dwelling.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 61]</span><br /><br />If the previous criteria are not sufficient, ask where the person sleeps during the majority of the nights of the week; if the majority of the time they sleep in the dwelling where the interview is taking place, they are a habitual resident of the dwelling.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of people in the dwelling.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All households
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Technical Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD | IPUMS |