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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2011
LFS-Q3, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2011
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Reference ID
MEX_2011_LFS-Q3_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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Population density of GEOLEV1 unit, in persons per square kilometer (POPDENSGEO1)

Data file: MEX2011_LFS-Q3-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 65
End: 72
Width: 8
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
POPDENSGEO1 indicates the population density in persons per square kilometer of the major administrative unit in which the household was enumerated. The major administrative unit of the household is identified by the GEOLEV1 variable.

The area of units in GEOLEV1 is calculated using Mollweide's equal area projection. For a full set of geography variables refer to IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1 and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: Global Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
POPDENSGEO1 is an 8-digit string variable listing the population density in persons per square kilometer.
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