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III Housing Census and VIII Population Census of 1973 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1973
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GTM_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Age (GT1973A_AGE)

Data file: GTM1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 189
End: 190
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A - Personal characteristics</span>
<br />(For all individuals)</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT73A416">4. Age<br /><div class="i1">How old are you in years completed?<br /><br />Years (under one year write 00) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Under one year of age
01 1 year
02 2 years
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42
43 43
44 44
45 45
46 46
47 47
48 48
49 49
50 50
51 51
52 52
53 53
54 54
55 55
56 56
57 57
58 58
59 59
60 60
61 61
62 62
63 63
64 64
65 65
66 66
67 67
68 68
69 69
70 70
71 71
72 72
73 73
74 74
75 75
76 76
77 77
78 78
79 79
80 80
81 81
82 82
83 83
84 84
85 85
86 86
87 87
88 88
89 89
90 90
91 91
92 92
93 93
94 94
95 95
96 96
98 98+
99 Unknown
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">A) Personal characteristics (for all persons)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 4: age</span></p>

<p><span class="ital">1. How to ask the question:</span>
<br />Ask, "How old are you in completed years?"</p>

<p>The information you should get for each person is how old the person was at his or her last birthday, and not how old the person will be at his or her next birthday.</p>

<p>Because this is such an important question, you should do everything possible to get information that is as precise as possible. If this is not possible, get at least some approximate information so that there is always information for this category.</p>

<p><span class="ital">2. How to record the response:</span>
<br />Write on the appropriate line:
<br />a) The number of completed years for persons aged one or older;
<br />b) The digits "00" for persons aged less than one, including newborns.</p>

<p><span class="ital">3. Example:</span>
<br />[This box contains question 4 of the section VI "people in the census household."]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's age.
Universe
Guatemala 1973: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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