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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Age in months (PE2017A_AGEMO)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 197
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population</span></p>

<p><span class="em">3. What is the date of birth?</span><div class="i1">Day _ _<br />Month _ _<br />Year _ _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Less than 1 month
01 1 month
02 2 months
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1 to 10 are asked of all persons]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 4: How old is he/she?</span></p>

<p>Record the age of the respondent on census day, not the age of the respondent's next birthday.
<br />For children under 10 years of age, enter the age to one digit in the appropriate box.
<br />If the respondent is less than 1 year old, enter zero (0).</p>

<p>[Four examples of a filled out question 4 are omitted here.]

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Persons less than 1 year old [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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