Intercensal Survey 2015 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2015

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Reference ID

MEX_2015_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)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Jul 30, 2025

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Comprehension of indigenous languages (MX2015A_COMPINDG)

Data file: MEX2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 231

End: 231

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

16. Understands indigenous language
 Does [the respondent] understand an indigenous dialect or language?
 [Circle one code]
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [] 3 No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	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

16. Understands indigenous language
 This question identifies whether people who do not speak an indigenous language understand it.
 When the informant said, "little", "very little", "something", among others, you must search more and ask: "Does Ana understand a dialogue between two people who speak an indigenous language?", if the answer is still "little", circle the code 3 "no".

[Figures are omitted]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person comprehends indigenous languages.

Universe

Mexico 2015: Non-speakers of indigenous languages [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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