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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- MEX2020_PHC-H-H.dat
- MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat
Industry (4-digits) (MX2020A_IND)
Data file: MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
357
End:
360
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
38. Business, company, or workplace: Where did [the respondent] work last week:</p>
<div class="i1">Circle only one code or write the place<br /><br />[] 1 Agricultural field (crop)<br />[] 2 Elementary school<br />[] 3 House construction<br />[] 4 Restaurant or small diner [<span class="lang">Fonda</span>]<br />[] 5 Grocery store<br />[] 6 On the street or roadway<br />[] 7 At own home<br />[] 8 In someone else's home<br />[] 9 Other place (write down textually) ____</div><p>39. Activity of business, company, or workplace: What activity does the business, company, or place where [the respondent] worked do: For example: making wooden furniture, making brooms, repairing cars, selling used clothes, assembling TVs.</p>
<div class="i1">Write down textually ____</div>
<div class="i1">Circle only one code or write the place<br /><br />[] 1 Agricultural field (crop)<br />[] 2 Elementary school<br />[] 3 House construction<br />[] 4 Restaurant or small diner [<span class="lang">Fonda</span>]<br />[] 5 Grocery store<br />[] 6 On the street or roadway<br />[] 7 At own home<br />[] 8 In someone else's home<br />[] 9 Other place (write down textually) ____</div><p>39. Activity of business, company, or workplace: What activity does the business, company, or place where [the respondent] worked do: For example: making wooden furniture, making brooms, repairing cars, selling used clothes, assembling TVs.</p>
<div class="i1">Write down textually ____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1110 | Agriculture |
| 1121 | Breeding and exploitation of animals |
| 1122 | Aquaculture |
| 1130 | Forest use |
| 1141 | Fishing |
| 1142 | Hunt and trap |
| 1150 | Services related to agricultural and forestry activities |
| 1199 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of activity subsector of sector 11 Agriculture, animal husbandry and exploitation, forestry, fishing and hunting |
| 2110 | Oil and gas extraction |
| 2121 | Mineral coal mining |
| 2122 | Metal ore mining |
| 2123 | Non-metallic mineral mining |
| 2129 | Underspecified descriptions of metallic and non-metallic minerals |
| 2131 | Mining related services |
| 2132 | Drilling of oil and gas wells |
| 2199 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of activity subsector of sector 21 Mining |
| 2211 | Generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electrical energy |
| 2212 | Collection, treatment and supply of water |
| 2213 | Supply of natural gas through pipelines to the final consumer |
| 2361 | Residential building |
| 2362 | Residential self-construction |
| 2363 | Non-residential building |
| 2370 | Construction of civil engineering works |
| 2381 | Specialized jobs for construction |
| 2382 | Masonry work for plumbing and electrical installations and outdoor work |
| 2399 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of activity subsector of sector 23 Construction |
| 3110 | Food industry |
| 3120 | Beverage and tobacco industry |
| 3130 | Manufacture of textile inputs and textile finishing |
| 3140 | Manufacture of textile products, except clothing |
| 3150 | Garment manufacturing |
| 3160 | Tanning and finishing of leather and fur, and manufacture of leather, fur and substitute material products |
| 3210 | Wood Industry |
| 3220 | paper industry |
| 3230 | Printing and related industries |
| 3240 | Manufacture of oil and coal products |
| 3250 | Chemical industry |
| 3260 | Plastic and rubber industry |
| 3270 | Manufacture of products based on non-metallic minerals |
| 3310 | Basic metal industries |
| 3320 | Manufacture of metal products |
| 3330 | Manufacture of machinery and equipment |
| 3340 | Manufacture of computer equipment, communication, measurement and other electronic equipment, components and accessories |
| 3350 | Manufacture of accessories, electrical appliances and electrical power generation equipment |
| 3360 | Manufacture of transport equipment |
| 3370 | Manufacture of furniture, mattresses and blinds |
| 3380 | Other manufacturing industries |
| 3399 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of sector activity subsector 31-33 Manufacturing industries |
| 4310 | Wholesale trade of groceries, food, beverages, ice and tobacco |
| 4320 | Wholesale trade of textiles and footwear |
| 4330 | Wholesale trade of pharmaceutical products, perfumery, recreational items, minor household appliances and white goods |
| 4340 | Wholesale trade of agricultural and forestry raw materials, for industry, and waste materials |
| 4350 | Wholesale trade of machinery, equipment and furniture for agricultural, industrial, service and commercial activities, and other machinery and equipment for general use |
| 4360 | Wholesale of trucks and new parts and spare parts for cars, vans and trucks |
| 4370 | Wholesale trade brokerage |
| 4399 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of activity subsector of sector 43 Wholesale trade |
| 4611 | Retail trade of groceries, food, beverages, ice and tobacco |
| 4612 | Itinerant trade of groceries, food, beverages and tobacco |
| 4620 | Retail trade in self-service and department stores |
| 4631 | Retail trade of textile products, costume jewellery, clothing accessories and footwear |
| 4632 | Street trade of textile products, costume jewellery, clothing accessories and footwear |
| 4641 | Retail trade of health care items |
| 4642 | Itinerant trade of articles for health care |
| 4651 | Retail trade of stationery, entertainment and other items for personal use |
| 4652 | Street trade of stationery items, for entertainment and other items for personal use |
| 4661 | Retail trade of household goods, computers, articles for interior decoration and used articles |
| 4662 | Itinerant trade of household goods, items for interior decoration and used items |
| 4671 | Retail trade of hardware, hardware and glass items |
| 4672 | Itinerant trade of hardware and tlapalería articles |
| 4681 | Retail trade of motor vehicles, spare parts, fuel and lubricants |
| 4682 | Itinerant trade of parts and spare parts for cars, trucks and fuels |
| 4690 | Retail trade exclusively through the internet, printed catalogues, television and the like |
| 4699 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of subsector of activity of sector 46 Retail trade |
| 4810 | Air Transport |
| 4820 | Rail transport |
| 4830 | Transport by water |
| 4840 | Freight trucking |
| 4850 | Land transportation of passengers, except by rail |
| 4860 | Pipeline transportation |
| 4870 | Tourist transport |
| 4881 | Transportation related services |
| 4882 | Repair and exterior cleaning services for planes, ships and trains |
| 4899 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of activity subsector of sector 48 Transportation |
| 4910 | Postal services |
| 4920 | Courier and parcel services |
| 4930 | Storage services |
| 5110 | Publishing of newspapers, magazines, books, software and other materials, and publishing of these publications integrated with printing |
| 5120 | Film and video industry, and sound industry |
| 5150 | Radio and television |
| 5170 | Telecommunications |
| 5180 | Electronic information processing, hosting and other related services |
| 5190 | Other information services |
| 5199 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of the activity subsector of the sector 51 Information in the mass media |
| 5210 | Central bank (Bank of Mexico) |
| 5221 | Multiple banking, and management of private sector funds and trusts |
| 5222 | Other private sector savings and loan credit and financial intermediation institutions |
| 5223 | Development banking, and administration of public sector funds and trusts |
| 5229 | Under-specified descriptions of non-exchange financial services |
| 5230 | Stock market, exchange and financial investment activities |
| 5240 | Insurance companies, bonds and administration of funds for retirement |
| 5250 | Investment companies specialized in retirement funds and investment funds |
| 5299 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of sector activity subsector 52 Insurance and financial services |
| 5310 | Real estate services |
| 5321 | Car, truck and other ground transportation rental services |
| 5322 | Rental services and rental centers for personal property, except ground transportation equipment |
| 5330 | Trademark, patent and franchise rental services |
| 5399 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of the activity subsector of the sector 53 Real estate services and rental of movable and intangible assets |
| 5411 | Services professionals, scientists and technicals |
| 5412 | Scientific research and development services |
| 5413 | Veterinary services |
| 5414 | Photography and video recording services |
| 5510 | Corporate job |
| 5611 | Business support services, employment and secretarial support |
| 5612 | Interior cleaning of planes, ships and trains |
| 5613 | Cleaning services and installation and maintenance of green areas |
| 5614 | Investigation, protection and security services |
| 5615 | Travel agencies and reservation services |
| 5616 | Combined facilities support services |
| 5621 | Waste management, and remediation services by the private sector |
| 5622 | Waste management, and remediation services by the public sector |
| 6111 | Basic, middle and special needs schools belonging to the private sector |
| 6112 | Basic, middle and special needs schools belonging to the public sector |
| 6119 | Primary, secondary, and unspecified special needs schools in the private or public sector |
| 6121 | Higher technical education schools belonging to the private sector |
| 6122 | Higher technical education schools belonging to the public sector |
| 6129 | Unspecified higher technical education schools in the private or public sector |
| 6131 | Higher education schools belonging to the private sector |
| 6132 | Higher education schools belonging to the public sector |
| 6139 | Unspecified private or public sector higher education schools |
| 6141 | Other educational services belonging to the private sector |
| 6142 | Other educational services belonging to the public sector |
| 6149 | Other unspecified educational services in the private or public sector |
| 6150 | Education support services |
| 6199 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of sector activity subsector 61 Educational services |
| 6211 | Outpatient medical services and related services belonging to the private sector |
| 6212 | Outpatient medical services and related services belonging to the public sector |
| 6219 | Outpatient medical services and unspecified related services in the private or public sector |
| 6221 | Hospitals belonging to the private sector |
| 6222 | Hospitals belonging to the public sector |
| 6229 | Unspecified hospitals in the private or public sector |
| 6231 | Private sector residences with nursing care for convalescent, rehabilitating, incurable and terminal patients |
| 6232 | Public sector residences with nursing care for convalescent, rehabilitating, incurable and terminal patients |
| 6239 | Residences with nursing care for convalescent, rehabilitating, incurable and unspecified terminal patients in the private or public sector |
| 6241 | Other social assistance services belonging to the private sector |
| 6242 | Other social assistance services belonging to the public sector |
| 6249 | Other unspecified social assistance services in the private or public sector |
| 6251 | Nurseries belonging to the private sector |
| 6252 | Nurseries belonging to the public sector |
| 6259 | Unspecified nurseries in the private or public sector |
| 6299 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of sector activity subsector 62 Health and social care services |
| 7111 | Companies and groups of artistic and cultural shows |
| 7112 | Professional athletes and sports teams |
| 7113 | Promoters, agents and representatives of artistic, sporting and similar shows |
| 7114 | Freelance Artists, Writers and Technicians |
| 7115 | Itinerant workers in recreational services |
| 7120 | Museums, historical sites, zoos and the like |
| 7131 | Entertainment services in recreational facilities and other recreational services |
| 7132 | Sale of National Lottery tickets |
| 7133 | Street sale of National Lottery tickets |
| 7210 | Temporary housing services |
| 7221 | Food and beverage preparation services |
| 7222 | Food and beverage preparation services by workers in mobile units |
| 7223 | Nightclubs |
| 8111 | Car and truck repair and maintenance services |
| 8112 | Repair and maintenance services of equipment, machinery, household and personal items |
| 8119 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of movable property repair and maintenance services |
| 8121 | Personal services |
| 8122 | Parking lots and pensions for motor vehicles |
| 8123 | Car care and washing services by mobile workers |
| 8124 | Photo developing and printing services |
| 8125 | Cemetery Management Services |
| 8130 | Associations and organizations |
| 8140 | Households with domestic employees |
| 9311 | Legislative bodies |
| 9312 | Federal Public Administration |
| 9313 | State Public Administration |
| 9314 | Municipal Public Administration |
| 9319 | Public administration descriptions that do not specify the level of government |
| 9320 | International and extraterritorial organizations |
| 9399 | Insufficiently specified descriptions of Sector 93 activity subsector Legislative, governmental, law enforcement, and international and extraterritorial agency activities |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 9999 | 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">15.3 Section III. People characteristics</span></p>
<p>In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.</p>
<p>Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.</p>
<p>Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.</p>
<p><span class="em">38. Business, company, or workplace and 39. Activity of the business, company, or workplace</span></p>
<p>These questions identify both the business, company or workplace where people worked the week prior to the interview, as well as the activities that are performed there.</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>Question 38. Business, company, or workplace identifies the place where the person worked.</p>
<p>Read the question only when the answer is exactly the same as one of the options from codes 1. Agricultural field (crop) to 8. In the housing unit of another person, circle the appropriate one; otherwise, select code 9.</p>
<p>Another place and write down the answer on the line textually. Do not write abbreviations, or make translations, assumptions, or reinterpretations.</p>
<p>Some people do not have a fixed place to work; in these cases, consider the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- If they are self-employed, record the most frequent place; for example: the street, street market, door-to-door, outside a school, or in other people's homes.<br />- If they are employed by a company, but their work is performed on the street, record the name of the business or company they work for.</div><p>Once the name of the business, company, or workplace has been identified, ask question 39. Activity of the business, company, or workplace, which allows knowing what activities are performed in the business, company, establishment, or workplace of the person; that is, to know what is done, what is sold, what is transported, what is grown, what is extracted, what is produced or manufactured, what service is offered or what is built. Record the stated answer verbatim.</p>
<p>Do not translate or reinterpret.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 381]</span></p>
<p>If the answer is broad because what is stated does not allow us to know and identify the specific activity carried out in the company, business, or workplace, ask for more details.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>When you have already obtained the name of the workplace and the performed activity is obvious, just confirm it with the respondent.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>In cases where the person was self-employed and in question 38. Business, company, or place of work you registered option 6. On the street or public road, for answers such as "in the street", "from door to door", and "in other people's houses", record what the person did in question 39.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 382]</span></p>
<p>The question business, company, or place of work is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: images with text]</p>
<p>The question business activity, company, or place of work is shown in the census manager as follows:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]
<p>In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.</p>
<p>Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.</p>
<p>Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.</p>
<p><span class="em">38. Business, company, or workplace and 39. Activity of the business, company, or workplace</span></p>
<p>These questions identify both the business, company or workplace where people worked the week prior to the interview, as well as the activities that are performed there.</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>Question 38. Business, company, or workplace identifies the place where the person worked.</p>
<p>Read the question only when the answer is exactly the same as one of the options from codes 1. Agricultural field (crop) to 8. In the housing unit of another person, circle the appropriate one; otherwise, select code 9.</p>
<p>Another place and write down the answer on the line textually. Do not write abbreviations, or make translations, assumptions, or reinterpretations.</p>
<p>Some people do not have a fixed place to work; in these cases, consider the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- If they are self-employed, record the most frequent place; for example: the street, street market, door-to-door, outside a school, or in other people's homes.<br />- If they are employed by a company, but their work is performed on the street, record the name of the business or company they work for.</div><p>Once the name of the business, company, or workplace has been identified, ask question 39. Activity of the business, company, or workplace, which allows knowing what activities are performed in the business, company, establishment, or workplace of the person; that is, to know what is done, what is sold, what is transported, what is grown, what is extracted, what is produced or manufactured, what service is offered or what is built. Record the stated answer verbatim.</p>
<p>Do not translate or reinterpret.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 381]</span></p>
<p>If the answer is broad because what is stated does not allow us to know and identify the specific activity carried out in the company, business, or workplace, ask for more details.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>When you have already obtained the name of the workplace and the performed activity is obvious, just confirm it with the respondent.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p>In cases where the person was self-employed and in question 38. Business, company, or place of work you registered option 6. On the street or public road, for answers such as "in the street", "from door to door", and "in other people's houses", record what the person did in question 39.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 382]</span></p>
<p>The question business, company, or place of work is presented in the census manager as follows:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: images with text]</p>
<p>The question business activity, company, or place of work is shown in the census manager as follows:</p>
<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's job industry (4-digits NAICS code).
Universe
Mexico 2020: Persons age 12+ who are working [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |