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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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Locality size (MX2005A_LOCSIZE)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 123
End: 123
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 From 1 to 2,499 inhabitants
2 From 2,500 to 14,999 inhabitants
3 From 15,000 to 99,999 inhabitants
4 From 100,000 to 499,999 inhabitants
5 From 500,000 and more inhabitants
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="MX05A419 MX05A420 MX05A424 MX05A425 MX05A426 MX05A427"><span class="h3">3.9 Level of instruction</span><br /><br />The question permits us to know the highest grade passed by the person in the highest educational level.<br /><br />Register in the corresponding box the educational level declared, grades or years that a person passed.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form for 3.9 Level of instruction.]<br /><br />None<br /><br />They are people who did not pass any grade of studies in school. Include those who only took literacy classes also.<br /><br />Preschool<br /><br />They are people who took classes in any grade in preschool or kindergarten.<br /><br />Primary school<br /><br />They are people who passed grades 1 to 6 offered in this level.<br /><br />Secondary school<br /><br />They are people who passed grades 1 to 3 in this level.<br /><br />Preparatory school or high school<br /><br />They are people who passed grades 1 to 3 offered at this level. Some of the schools that offer equivalent studies are:<br /><div class="i1">- High school.<br />- National Preparatory School.<br />- Schools of Sciences and Humanities (CCH).<br />- Center of Artistic Education (CEDART).<br />- Center of Technical, Industrial and Services School (CBTIS).<br />- Center of Agricultural and Livestock Technology School (CBTA).<br />- Center of Scientific and Technology Studies (CECYT) before vocational.<br />- Center of Studies of the Sea (CETMAR).<br />- Center of Technological Studies of Continental Waters (CETAC).<br />- Center of Forestry Technology Schools (CBTF).<br />- Center of Technological, Industrial and Service Studies (CETIS).<br />- National School of Professional Technical Education (CONALEP).</div><br />Normal<br /><br />They are people who study or studied to become professors of preschool, primary or secondary schools.<br /><br />Technical or commercial career<br /><br />They are people who passed any grade of technical or commercial studies.<br /><br />Professional<br /><br />They are people with studies for degrees or its equivalent (engineering, medicine, chemistry) done in universities, technological universities, polytechnic or other institutions of superior education.<br /><br />Masters<br /><br />They are people with any grade passed at this level. Include people with grades passed in any medical specialization.<br /><br />Doctorate<br /><br />They are people who passed any grade at this level.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 79]</span><br /><br />Take into account the following indications:<br /><div class="i1">- If a person declares the grade being taken, write down the previous grade passed.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />- If a person stopped studying an educational level in more or less years, register the grade passed as if the system of regular or scholarly education had been taken.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 80]</span><br /><div class="i1">- When the answer is in semesters, trimesters, etc. ask for the equivalent in years passed.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />- If the name of a school (Unitec, Conalep, Monterrey Technology or others) or the name of a major (accounting, architecture, social work, nursing, etc) is declared to you, ask for the level the studies correspond to and write down the grades passed according to the answer.<br /><br />- If a person studied in another country, ask for the equivalent level of studies in relation to the answer options and write down the grades passed in the corresponding boxes.</div><br /><br /><span class="h3">3.10 Academic requirements</span><br /><br />This question is a complement to the previous. It is applied when the answer in 3.9 Level of instruction, corresponds to any of the codes from 5 to 9 (normal, technical or commercial career, professional, masters or doctorate).<br /><br />[Below the text are forms for 3.9 Level of instruction and 3.9 Scholarly objective.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 81]</span><br /><br />Ask the question mentioning the level marked previously.<br /><br />[Below the text is a filled out form.]<br /><br />- If for studying the normal they indicate to you that the requirement was normal basic, mark code 3, Preparatory school or high school.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates locality size.
Universe
Mexico 2005: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
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