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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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Speak an indigenous language or dialect (MX2000A_ILANG1)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX00A420 MX00A421 MX00A422 MX00A423 MX00A424 MX00A425 MX00A426 MX00A427">Ask only if this person is five years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p>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
<svar a="all" v="MX00A423 MX00A424 MX00A425"><span class="em">12. Indigenous Language</span><br /><br />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.<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form]<br /><br />Foreign languages, such as English, French, Italian, or others, are not indigenous languages.<br />In a case in which they respond <span class="lang">Chontal</span>, ask if it is from Oaxaca or from Tabasco and write down the answer.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person speaks an indigenous language.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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