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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Age (GT1981A_AGE)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 234
End: 235
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For all individuals</span>
<br />[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]</p>

<p>4. Age</p>

<p>How old are you in years completed?</p>
<div class="i1">____ Years old (Under one year write 00)</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than one year
01 1 year
02 2 years
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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
<svar v="GT81A402 GT81A403 GT81A404 GT81A405 GT81A406 GT81A408 GT81A409 GT81A410 GT81A411 GT81A412 GT81A413 GT81A414 GT81A415"><span class="h2">A. First block: personal characteristics (for all persons)</span><br /><br />This part of the census form is designed to study the composition of the population according to the following characteristics: relationship to the head of household, sex, age, marital status, maternal orphanhood, ethnicity, and disabilities.<br /><br />Questions 1-8 are presented to all enumerated persons, without exception, following the specific instructions presented below:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A404"><span class="em">Question 4: age</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />What is your age, in years completed?<br /><br />The information that should be obtained from each person is the number of years completed at the last birthday, not the age about to be completed by the enumerator.<br /><br />Taking into account the importance of this information, all of the effort necessary to obtain the age in years completed should be made. If this is not possible, the enumerator should insist in obtaining, at least, approximate information, this way there will always exist information about "age".<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />The enumerator will write, in the space provided:<br /><br />a) The number of years completed.<br /><br />b) "00" for those younger than one year of age, including newborns.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 4 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person' age.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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