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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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Educational antecedent (for normal, technical, professional) (MX2000A_EDANT)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 310
End: 310
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX00A429 MX00A430 MX00A431 MX00A432 MX00A433 MX00A434 MX00A435 MX00A436">For person five years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A431 MX00A433">17. Educational history<br /><br />To enter the course of schooling (teaching, technical, commercial or professional) what schooling was a prerequisite? Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Elementary completed<br />2 Secondary completed<br />3 Preparatory completed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Finished primary
2 Finished secondary
3 Finished college-prep high school
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="MX00A431 MX00A433"><span class="em">17. Scholastic History</span><br /><br />When, in question 16, schooling, you have written a quantity in the options for teaching school, technical, commercial, or professional major, ask what studies they had to complete in order to enter into this degree and circle the corresponding code.<br /><br />If, in order to study in a post-secondary teaching school or in some subject specialty, the prerequisite was basic teaching school, circle code 2. Finished secondary.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of schooling the person had to complete in order to get admission to a teaching training, professional or technical education.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 5+ whose academic level is professional, technical or teaching training [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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