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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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Reference ID
MEX_2009_LFS-Q1_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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Aug 01, 2025
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  • MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Length of contract at current primary job (MX2009H_P3K2_CONTRACT_DUR)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 566
End: 566
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Extended)</div></p>

<p><span class="h1">III. Employment information</span></p>

<p>3k. Is [the respondent's] contract:</p>
<div class="i1">(Read the options and circle the one mentioned by the respondent)<br /><br />[] 1 Temporary or only for a specific project?</div><div class="i2">[] 1 For less than 2 months<br />[] 2 For between 2 and 6 months<br />[] 3 For between 6 months and 1 year<br />[] 4 Until the project is completed</div><div class="i1">[] 2 For an in-house/base position or for an unspecified amount of time?<br />[] 9 Doesn't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than 2 months
2 2 to 6 months
3 More than 6 months and up to 1 year
4 Until the end of the task or work
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="h2">7.5 Battery III. Work context</span>
<br />Starting with this battery of questions and up to six, the information you obtain will refer exclusively to the main job of the employed population, such that it could have been performed during the reference week or they could have been absent from it, but with return assured.</p>

<p>The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the person's position or job, their title in the occupation, the size of the economic unit and how long they have been on the job, among others. In addition, based on title in the occupation, the purpose will be, in the case of:</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers, identify their level of autonomy and the line of their activity.<br />- Subordinate workers, identify whether they have a written contract and access to employment benefits, as well as the form in which they accessed their job.</div><span class="em">Question 3k</span>
<br />This question is asked to paid subordinate workers who, in their main job, have a written contract, to identify the type of contract and its duration.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Instructions:
<br />1. Temporary or specific work</p>
<div class="i1">- People who, upon entering their job, signed a contract to perform a specific job during a set period, at the end of which the employment relationship will conclude.<br />- Ask for the duration of the contract and circle the respective sub-option. If the informant says the contract is for more than one year, circle sub-option 4.</div><p>2. Base, permanent or open-ended</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers whose employment relationship with an economic unit is governed through a contract of indefinite duration, for example, key personnel position.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the option you circle, go to question 3l.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the length of contract at current primary job.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q1 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were paid subordinate workers and with a written temporary work contract

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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