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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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Speaks indigenous language (MX2005A_LANGIND1)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 105
End: 105
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A424 MX05A425 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">For people 5 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="h3">3.6 Indigenous language</span>
Categories
Value Category
1 Speaks indigenous language
2 Does not speak an indigenous language
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
<svar v="MX05A413 MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416 MX05A417 MX05A418 MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A425 MX05A424 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="em">Questions 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 are asked to people who are 5 years old or older. For this, check the answer that you wrote down in question 3.3 Age.</span><br /><br />If a person who you are interviewing is less than 5 years old, go to the next person in the list.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX05A414 MX05A415 MX05A416"><span class="h3">3.6 Indigenous language</span><br /><br />The first question permits us to identify if a person speaks any indigenous language or dialect.<br /><br />Although you think that in your work area no one speaks an indigenous language, always ask this question.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />When they answer No, mark and go to question 3.7 Illiteracy.<br /><br />When they answer Yes, you should ask the next two questions about indigenous language.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 76]</span><br /><br />With the second question the name of the indigenous language or dialect is obtained. It is important that you know that in Mexico more than 80 indigenous languages are spoken, among them are the following:<br /><br />[Below the text is a list of indigenous language.]<br /><br />If at the moment of the interview you do not know how to spell the name of the indigenous language, write it down as you hear it, without using abbreviations.<br /><br />If they tell you that they speak a dialect, ask what dialect and write down the answer.<br /><br />With the purpose of getting the correct answer, clarify the following situations.<br /><br /><div class="i1">- In the case that they answer Chontal, ask if it is Chontal from Oaxaca or Chontal from Tabasco and write down the answer.<br /><br />- If they answer Amuzgo, ask if it is Azmugo from Guerreo or Azmugo from Oaxaca and write down the answer.<br /><br />- If they answer Tepehuano or Tepehuán, ask if it is from Chihuahua or Durango and write down the answer.<br /><br />- With the third question, find out if the person, along with the indigenous language, speaks Spanish.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent speaks an indigenous language.
Universe
Mexico 2005: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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