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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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Reason for migration (MX2000A_MIGWHY)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 292
End: 292
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><svar a="all" v="MX00A421">10. Reason for emigration<br /><br />Why did this person move away from____(The place or country in question number 9?)<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Went to look for work<br />2 Went to join the family<br />3 Changed place of work<br />4 Went to study<br />5 Got married or formed a consensual union<br />6 For health reasons<br />7 Because of violence or insecurity<br />8 Other cause</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Went to look for work
2 Went to reunite with family
3 Changed place of work
4 Went to study
5 Married or formed a consensual union
6 For reasons of health
7 Due to violence or lack of security
8 Other reason
9 Unknown
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="MX00A421"><span class="em">10. Reason for the emigration</span><br /><br />Ask for the reason why the person stopped living in the state or country where they lived in January of 1995. If the reason is something other than those listed, circle code 8, other reason.<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for migration.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 5+ who migrated from another state or another country since 1995 [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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