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Population and Housing Census 2020 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2020
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MEX_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Electricity (MX2020A_ELECT)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">I. Characteristics of the housing unit</span></p>

<p>10. Electricity: Is there electricity in this house?</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 3 No (go to 12)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
9 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
<span class="h1">15. Extended questionnaire</span>
<br />This section of the questionnaire contains the questions you must apply in the households you have registered as: Single house on the land, house sharing land with other(s); duplex house; apartment in a building; housing unit in neighborhood or tenement and housing unit in the rooftop room of a building. That is, with classes 1 to 6 of private housing unit class.</p>

<p><span class="em">IV. Electricity</span>
<br /><span class="ital">10. Electricity</span>
<br />This question distinguishes households based on whether or not they have electricity.</p>

<p>Read the question, listen to the answer, and select the appropriate code.</p>

<p>A housing unit is considered to have electricity if there is at least one light bulb that shines regularly, even if:</p>
<div class="i1">- At the time of the interview there is a fault, short, or blackout.<br />- Residents do not pay for the service or it is temporarily suspended.<br />- The housing unit does not have an electric meter.</div><p>Nor does it matter the source of the light, whether it comes from a private plant, a solar panel, the Federal Electricity Commission (FEC), or any other source or medium.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>

<p>If the answer is no, go to question 12. Piped water; otherwise, question 11 applies. Lamps.</p>

<p>[Figure omitted]</p>

<p>The electricity question is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether there is electricity in the dwelling.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Private dwellings built for habitation [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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