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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2008
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2008
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Reference ID
MEX_2008_LFS-Q4_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
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Aug 01, 2025
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  • MEX2008_LFS-Q4-H-H.dat
  • MEX2008_LFS-Q4-P-H.dat

Number of domestic workers employed by household (MX2008K_P4_2_N_DOMESTIC)

Data file: MEX2008_LFS-Q4-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title">Sociodemographic questionnaire</div></p>

<p><span class="h1">V. Household residents and home information</span></p>

<p>4. Does this household employ any domestic workers? (Applies to every home)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Temporary-workers/contractors?<br />[] 2 In-house/live-in workers?<br />[] 3 Temporary and in-house/live-in workers?<br />[] 4 The household does not employ any domestic workers</div><p>Code</p>
<div class="i1">_ 1st interview<br />_ 2nd interview<br />_ 3rd interview<br />_ 4th interview<br />_ 5th interview</div><p>How many?</p>
<div class="i1">_ _ 1st interview<br />_ _ 2nd interview<br />_ _ 3rd interview<br />_ _ 4th interview<br />_ _ 5th interview</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 1 domestic worker
2 2 domestic workers
3 3
4 4
8 8
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
<span class="em">Question 4</span>
<br />This question is asked in all households of the home to identify those who have domestic service.
<br />Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to record the information. In the first field enter the corresponding code, based on whether or not they employ domestic servants; and in the second, the number of them.<br />[Omitted table]<br /><br />- Consistent information. If in this question the informant mentions options 2 or 3 and in question 1 said only one person lived there, ask additional questions such as: do the workers you have sleep in this home? depending on the response, correct where necessary.<br />- Sequence to follow. Once you have identified the main household and the additional ones, before continuing with section vii sociodemographic characteristics, go to headings household no. and household moved of section I. Identification data to enter the respective data. Regardless of the data recorded, continue with question 5.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of domestic workers employed by household.
Universe
Mexico 2008 Q4 LFS: Households employing domestic workers

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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