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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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Number of persons who moved abroad (MX2020A_NABROAD)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 300
End: 301
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">IV. International migration</span></p>

<p>2. Number of people: How many people:</p>
<div class="i1">Write the number _ _</div>
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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
<span class="h2">15.4 Section IV. International migration</span></p>

<p>Once you have finished recording the characteristics of all people, continue with this section.</p>

<p>The purpose is to collect information from people who have gone to live in another country in the last five years, even if they have only been gone for a short time, and who have returned to the country.</p>

<p>This section is made up of the following questions:</p>
<div class="i1">1. International migration status.<br />2. Number of migrants.<br />3. Migrants.<br />4. List of migrants.<br />5. Residence status of the migrant(s).<br />6. Gender of the migrant(s).<br />7. Age at migration.<br />8. Migration date.<br />9. Cause of emigration.<br />10. Place of origin of migrants.<br />11. Country of destination.<br />12. Country of residence.<br />13. Return date.<br />14. Cause of return.<br />15. Current residency status.</div><p>In case you have used more than one questionnaire, record the information in this section in the first one, and if there are more than four migrants, use the other questionnaires you have filled out for the housing unit.</p>

<p><span class="em">1. International migration status, 2. Number of people, 3. Migrants, and 4. List of people</span></p>

<p>Question 2. Number of people aims to know the number of people who, being part of the housing unit members, went to live in another country in the last five years (from March 2015 to date).</p>

<p>Read the question and write down with a number the answer given by the respondent.</p>

<p>It takes into account people who are currently in another country and those who have already returned to Mexico, as long as they have gone to live in another country within the reference period.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of persons who move abroad.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Households with persons who moved abroad in the past 5 years [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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