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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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Sep 03, 2025
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Transportation time from dwelling to the workplace (MX2020A_TRANTIMWORK)

Data file: MEX2020_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 371
End: 371
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
42. Work commute time: How long does it take [the respondent] to get to work from here:</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Up to 15 minutes<br />[] 2 16 to 30 minutes<br />[] 3 31 minutes to 1 hour<br />[] 4 More than 1 hour and up to 2 hours<br />[] 5 Over 2 hours<br />[] 6 Not determinable<br />[] 7 Does not commute (go to 44)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 15 minutes
2 16 to 30 minutes
3 31 minutes to 1 hour
4 More than 1 hour to 2 hours
5 More than 2 hours
6 Not possible to determine
7 Person does not travel
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">42. Commuting time to work</span>
<br />This question asks how long the person regularly takes to get from the housing unit to work.</p>

<p>Pay attention to the answer and circle the option that corresponds to the stated time.</p>

<p>For example, if they declare 10 minutes, circle option 1. Up to 15 minutes; if they say "one and a half hours", select option 4. More than 1 hour and up to 2 hours.</p>

<p>It may be that the answer is stated in terms that are not numerical, so consider the following:</p>
<div class="i1">- A quarter of an hour is equivalent to 15 minutes.<br />- Half an hour is equivalent to 30 minutes.<br />- Three quarters of an hour is equivalent to 45 minutes.</div><p>Circle option 7. No commuting when the person works from home, and go to question 44. Children born alive.</p>

<p>It considers that the commuting time is from the time the person leaves the housing unit until they arrive at the place of work, regardless of the way they do it. It includes the time spent going to take the transport, the time spent waiting or transferring, and the time spent in the means of transport (public or private motorized, animal or manual traction), even if they are cycling or walking.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 388]</span></p>

<p>Do not count the time that the person uses for other kinds of activities, either their own or those of the person accompanying them, such as going to practice a sport, or stopping to have a drink or some food. For this reason, find out how long it would take the person if they went directly to work.</p>

<p>If the person does not commute directly from the housing unit to work, but from school or another location, ask how long it would take to commute from the housing unit.</p>

<p>The commuting time to work question is displayed in the census manager as follows:</p>

<p>[Figure omitted: image with text]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the transportation time from the dwelling to the workplace.
Universe
Mexico 2020: Persons age 12+ who are working [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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