VI National Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), Minnesota Population Center

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Age in years (DO1981A_0404)

Data file: DOM1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 206

End: 207

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

32. What is your date of birth?

____ Day
____ Month
____ Year

(If unable to remember the date of birth, write the age.)
If a year or more old, write only the age in years completed. If less than one year old, write the age only in months completed.

Categories

Value	Category
0	Less than one year
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	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
97	97
98	98
99	99+

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

For all persons[Applies to questions 30-40.]

Question 32: What is your date of birth?

The day, month, and year of birth are recorded. The age, in completed years, is recorded and the circles corresponding to the recorded age are filled in.
On pages 76 and 77 of this manual, two tables are given that will facilitate the calculation of age, given the month and year of birth.

Either the table June to November or December to May, according to the month of birth, should be used.

If the date of birth is unknown, only the age in completed years is recorded and the corresponding circles are filled in.

Some informants cannot remember their exact age or their date of birth but they know, however, that they were born in conjunction with important historical event. On page 75 of this manual there is a list of events to be used as a guide that will allow the approximate age to be estimated.

[p. 52]

For those younger than 1 year of age: the date of birth is recorded, the number of months is recorded, and the circles corresponding to the number of completed months are filled in.

For those younger than one month: the date of birth is recorded and 0 (zero) is recorded for months and the circles 00 (zero, zero) are filled in.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person?s age in years.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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