Mexican Family Life Survey - 2012

Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico

The Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) is a longitudinal, multi-thematic survey representative of the Mexican population at the national, urban, rural, and regional level.

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2009-2012; 2005-2006; 2002

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Graciela Teruel (Iberoamericana University); Luis Rubalcava (Center for Economic Research and Teaching); Duncan Thomas (Duke University); Elizabeth Frankenberg (University of North Carolina)

Funders: Centro de Investigaciόn y Docencia Econόmicas; Consejo Nacionalde Ciencia y Tecnologia de México; Ford Foundation; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); Northwestern University; Mexico Secretariat of Social Development; Universidad Iberoamericana; University of California (Institute for Mexico and U.S., UC MEXUS); University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); National Bank of Mexico; Deutsche Post DHL Group (DHL); Fondo Conacyt Sedesol; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social; Mexico Secretariat of Health; Duke University; Mexglobal Group; National Institute on Aging (NIA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Volaris

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Request data link is for first round of survey data only. Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Crime;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning, School quality;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Gender role beliefs, Marriage attitudes;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility;

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Physical violence;