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

Mexico, 2000
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Reference ID
MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Uses health services (MX2000A_USEHS)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 288
End: 288
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MX00A419">8. Use of health services<br />When this person has health problems where does he or she get assistance?<br />Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 In the social security (IMSS)<br />2 In the ISSSTE<br />3 In Pemex, defense or navy<br />4 In the health center (SSA)<br />5 In the IMSS-Solidaridad<br />6 In a doctor's office, clinic, or private hospital<br />7 In another place.<br /><div class="i2">_____Write the name of the place.</div><br />8 Does not get help</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 In Social Security (IMSS)
2 In the ISSTE
3 In Pemex, defense or navy
4 In the Health Center (SSA)
5 In the IMSS Solidaridad
6 In a private doctor office, clinic or hospital
7 Receives medical services in another type of place
8 Does not receive medical services
9 Unknown whether receives medical services or not
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="MX00A419"><span class="em">8. Use of Health Services</span><br /><br />By means of this question we find out which hospital, clinic, or place people go to when they have health problems.<br /><br />In this question take into account the following:<br /><br />When they answer that the person goes for medical checkups, treatment, vaccinations, or rehabilitation to different places, ask where they are normally attended and circle the corresponding code.<br /><br />When they give you very general responses, such as the name or number of the clinic, ask if it is part of IMSS, to ISSSTE, to the Secretary of Health, or other [institution], and circle the corresponding code.<br /><br />If the people go to state social security institutions such as ISSSET, ISSEMyM, ISSSTESON, write the answer under the option "In some other place."<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 70]</span><br /><br />When they report that they go to the DIF (Integral Development of the Family), the Red Cross, the Green Cross, the Amber Cross, a medical clinic, midwife, <span class="lang">Promotora</span> or any other type of charitable institution, write the answer under the option "In some other place."<br /><br />The people who report that they go to a folk healer, witchdoctor or herbal healer, or a similar person, should be included under the option "Does not receive services."<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates where the person uses health services.
Universe
Mexico 2000: All persons

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