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Population and Dwelling Count 1995 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1995
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MEX_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Place of birth (MX1995A_BPL)

Data file: MEX1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 232
End: 233
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX95A405 MX95A406"><span class="h3">For all the people on the list</span><br />[Applies to questions 3.7 and 3.8]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX95A405"><span class="h3">3.7 Place of birth</span><br />In what state of the Republic of Mexico or country was (Name) born.<br /><div class="i1">[] 3A Here<br />[] 3B State or country ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Aguascalientes
02 Baja California
03 Baja California Sur
04 Campeche
05 Coahuila
06 Colima
07 Chiapas
08 Chihuahua
09 Federal District
10 Durango
11 Guanajuato
12 Guerrero
13 Hidalgo
14 Jalisco
15 Mexico
16 Michoacan
17 Morelos
18 Nayarit
19 Nuevo Leon
20 Oaxaca
21 Puebla
22 Queretaro
23 Quintana Roo
24 San Luis Potosi
25 Sinaloa
26 Sonora
27 Tabasco
28 Tamaulipas
29 Tlaxcala
30 Veracruz
31 Yucatan
32 Zacatecas
33 Africa
34 America (except the United States of America)
35 United States of America
36 Asia
37 Europe
38 Oceania
90 Insufficiently specified in another country
99 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="MX95A405"><span class="em">3.7 Place of birth</span><br /><br />With this question the federal entity or country of birth is to be known, as well as the number of people who live in a place different then the place of birth at the moment of the interview.<br /><br />Place of birth is understood to be the federal entity or country where a person was born.<br /><br />[graphic of the question from the census form]<br /><br />If the federal entity that an informant declares is as place of birth of that person coincides with that of the interview, circle code 1 Here in 3.7A; on the contrary, if a different state or country is declared, write down the number in 3.7B.<br /><br />In the same manner if an informant gives as an answer "here" to refer to place where the interview is carried out, circle code 1.<br /><br />When an informant has some doubt about the place of birth of the person, write down the entity that the informant recognizes as place of birth, not considering the time spent there.<br /><br />If after having investigated, some doubts persist, write down "does not know" in the corresponding line.<br /><br />In cases in which they declare the name of a municipality (delegation) or a locality instead of the name of the entity of birth, ask for the state to which <span class="pg">[p. 91]</span> this municipality (delegation) or locality belongs and write it down in the space meant for it; if the state is not identified write down the name of the declared municipality or locality.<br /><br />It can happen that a person has been registered in a different entity than the one of birth; in these cases register the entity were born and not where registered.<br /><br />If an informant responds that a person was born in Mexico or Mexico City, ask to specify if it is the Federal District or the State of Mexico.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's place of birth.
Universe
Mexico 1995: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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