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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
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Duration in previous residence in months (MX1995A_RESPRM)

Data file: MEX1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 239
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX95A410 MX95A411"><span class="h3">Time of previous residence</span><br />4.4 How many months or years did (Name) live in (the previous location)?<br /><div class="i1">Write down a single answer<br /><br />Less than a month 00 write down in 4.4A<br />Does not know 99 Write down in 4.4A<br /><br />4.4A Months ____<br />4.4 B Years ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than a month
01 1 month
02 2 months
03 3 months
04 4 months
05 5 months
06 6 months
07 7 months
08 8 months
09 9 months
10 10 months
11 11 months
98 Unknown
99 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="MX95A406 MX95A407 MX95A408 MX95A409 MX95A410 MX95A411 MX95A412 MX95A413 MX95A414 MX95A415"><span class="h3">IV Migration</span><br /><br />In this section the changes of habitual residence of the population from one entity to another or to a country other than Mexico are registered.<br /><br />[graphic of the question from the census form]<br /><br />Migration is understood to be a change in habitual residence from one entity to another or from one municipality (delegation) to another (internal migration); also from one country to another (international migration).<br /><br />This section contains two focuses described below:<br /><br />To investigate the state and international migration (number of people who came to or left Mexico), based on the previous place of residence (questions 4.1 to 4.5).<br /><br />To know the place of residence on a set date (November 1990) and therefore the migration at the municipal and state level as well as international immigration (questions 4.6 to 4.7).<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX95A410 MX95A411"><span class="em">4.4 Time of previous residence</span><br /><br />It is the time that a person lived in the entity or country declared in question 4.3.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 98]</span><br /><br />The notations in this question are only made in months or years. When the answer is in years and in months, write down only the years in the corresponding space; for example, if an informant reports that a person has lived in the previous entity one year and six months, write down 01 in column 4.4B.<br /><br />If they declare the time only in months, write it down in 4.4A.<br /><br />In cases in which the answer is 12 months or more, convert it to years and write it down in 4.4B.<br /><br />When there is doubt, clarify that it refers to the time of living in the state or country declared in 4.3.<br /><br />If a person lived less than a month in a previous place, write 00 only in the column of months (4.4A).<br /><br />When an informant does not remember the time of previous residence, guide by helping as in the following example:<br /><br />A person is 31 years old and born in Mérida, Yucatán, who at six years old changed place of residence to the place of the interview (entity of Jalisco).<br /><br />Interviewer: How many months or years did José live in Yucatán?<br />Informant: Well, he came here when he was six years old.<br />Interviewer: Before living in Jalisco, did he live in another entity or country?<br />Informant: No.<br />Interviewer: Then José lived in Yucatán for six years.<br />Informant: Yes, that's it.<br /><br />Also, if after investigating, the time of previous residence cannot be determined, write down 99 in column 4.4A.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the time in months in the previous residence.
Universe
Mexico 1995: Persons that have lived in another state or country [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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