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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
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat

Last live-born child alive (MX2020A_LSTBSURV)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 390
End: 390
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
48. Survival: Is this last child of [the respondent] currently alive:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 3 No (go to 50)</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="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">Survival</span></p>

<p>Read the question, wait for the answer, and circle the corresponding code.</p>

<p>If the last child born alive is deceased, circle code 3 and continue with question 50. Age at death. But if the last-born daughter or son is alive, circle code 1 and apply question 49. identification of the last daughter or son.</p>

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

<p>[Figure omitted: images with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the last live-born child is alive.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Females age 12+ who ever gave birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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