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Count of Population and Dwellings, 2005 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2005
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MEX_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Age (MX2005A_AGE)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 91
End: 93
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX05A404 MX05A405"><span class="h3">3.3 Age</span><br /><span class="em">How many completed years old is (Name)?</span><br />Under one year, write down "000"<br /><br />Write down with a number<br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
000 Less than one year
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999 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 v="MX05A402 MX05A403 MX05A404 MX05A405 MX05A406 MX05A407 MX05A408 MX05A409 MX05A410 MX05A411 MX05A412"><span class="em">Questions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 are asked to all people whatever their age.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A404 MX05A405"><span class="h3">3.3 Age</span><br /><br />The question makes reference to the age that people have in completed years.<br /><br />When a person is younger than a year, (is hours, days or weeks old or is still not a year), write down 000 in the boxes.<br /><br />If an informant does not remember the age of any person, help to think about any event (marriage, birth of a child, school year taken, among others) or ask him or her to consult the birth certificate, voter credential, driver's license or other document where the date of birth appears, to be able to calculate the age.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p 72]</span><br /><br />If an answer is not precise, investigate the age in complete years, asking for the date of birth.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />If they tell you the year of birth, help the informant calculate the age.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's age.
Universe
Mexico 2005: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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