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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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Sex (MX2005A_SEX)

Data file: MEX2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 90
End: 90
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX05A403"><span class="h3">3.2 Sex</span><br /><span class="em">(Name) is a man</span><br /><span class="em">(Name) is a woman</span><br />Mark a single answer<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Man<br />[] 2 Woman</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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="MX05A403"><span class="h3">3.2 Sex</span><br /><br />With this question the biological sex of people is identified.<br /><br />If by the name of a person you know that it is a man or a woman, or if you asking the information about the informant, do not ask the question, only mention the name of the person and the sex it corresponds to, as a way of confirmation.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 71]</span><br /><br />If a name is not common (Andárani, Yuritzi, Erubey, Éder, among others) or is used both for man and for woman (Guadalupe, Rosario, Inés, Asunción, Refugio, Concepción, Trinidad or others), ask making reference to the name.<br /></svar>

Description

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

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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