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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_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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Ethnic identity (MX2000A_ETHNIC)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 323
End: 323
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX00A429 MX00A430 MX00A431 MX00A432 MX00A433 MX00A434 MX00A435 MX00A436">For person five years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A436">20. Ethnic identity<br /><br />This person is Nahuatl, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, or other indigenous group?<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Yes<br />2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, belongs to an indigenous group
2 Does not belong to an indigenous group
9 Not specified
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 a="all" v="MX00A436"><span class="em">20. Ethnicity</span><br /><br />This question identifies those people who consider themselves to be indigenous.<br />This question can be adapted, depending on the indigenous groups that there are in your region.<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form]<br /><br />Example:<br /><br />In the Tarasca plateau, in Michoacan, you can ask, "Is Adolfo Purepecha, Nahuatl, or from some other indigenous group?"<br /><br />In the Chiapas heights, the question would be, "Is Raul Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojolabal or from some other indigenous group?"<br /><br />In the Nayarita mountains you can ask, "Is Erubey Cora, Huichol, Nahuatl, or from some other indigenous group?"<br /><br />In the Yucatan you can ask, "Is Viely Maya or from some other indigenous group?"<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person belongs to an indigenous group.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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