XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2000
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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
Age at death ( in days) of the last child born (MX2000A_AGEDDAY)
Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
423
End:
424
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="MX00A463 MX00A464 MX00A465 MX00A466 MX00A467 MX00A468 MX00A469 MX00A470 MX00A471">For women who are twelve years old or more<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A469 MX00A470 MX00A471">37. Age at death<br /><br />At what age did the son or daughter die? Write only one answer in days or months or years<br /><br />If the son or daughter lived less than one day, write 00 in days<br /><br /><div class="i1">Days_____<br />Months_____<br />Years _____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A469 MX00A470 MX00A471">37. Age at death<br /><br />At what age did the son or daughter die? Write only one answer in days or months or years<br /><br />If the son or daughter lived less than one day, write 00 in days<br /><br /><div class="i1">Days_____<br />Months_____<br />Years _____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 90 | One month or more |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
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="MX00A466 MX00A467 MX00A468 MX00A469 MX00A470 MX00A471"><span class="em">35. Data of birth, 36. Survival, and 37. Age at death</span><br /><br />[Depictions of these three questions on the enumeration form]<br /><br />With these questions you obtain the date of birth of the last daughter or son who was born alive, if this daughter or son is currently living and, if they've died, their age when they died.<br /><br />If, for the date of birth, the person only remembers the month but not the year, record a 9 in each of the boxes for month and year. If they remember the year but not the month, record the complete year and 99 in the boxes for month.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 86]</span><br /><br />When the last daughter or son is deceased, ask their age at the time of death and only record one piece of information, whether it be in days, months, or years. If the informant doesn't remember at what age this daughter (son) passed away, record 99 in the boxes for days.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the age in days at which the last child born died if the child died in the first month of birth.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Females age 12+ whose last child died [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |