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Recensement General de la Population du Logement et de l'Agriculture de 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Haiti, 1971
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Reference ID
HTI_1971_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Département des Finances et des Affaires Economiques, Institute Haïtien de Statistique, Minnesota Population Center
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Age in 5-year increments (HT1971A_0426)

Data file: HTI1971-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 157
End: 158
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Age
For children less than 1 year old, write the age in months from 0 to 11

_ _ Years
_ _ Months
Categories
Value Category
1 0 to 4 years old
2 5 to 9 years old
3 10 to 14 years old
4 15 to 19 years old
5 20 to 24 years old
6 25 to 29 years old
7 30 to 34 years old
8 35 to 39 years old
9 40 to 44 years old
10 45 to 49 years old
11 50 to 54 years old
12 55 to 59 years old
13 60 to 64 years old
14 65 to 69 years old
15 70 to 74 years old
16 75 to 79 years old
17 80 to 84 years old
18 85 years old and over
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
Column 5- Age: The age should be indicated in completed years, i.e., the age of the individual at his/her last birthday. Write the age of each person enumerated in integers, for example: 15, 21, 35, 85, years. However, for newborns or babies of less than one year old write '0' and the number of months since the birth of the baby.


For example:

a) A person aged 43:

_ 4 3 _
Years

_ _ _ _
Months

b) An 8-month old baby:

_ _ 0 _
Years

_ _ 8 _
Months


If the person in question doesn't know his/her exact age, use the historical calendar. Estimate the person's age first by asking the following question: 'Who was the president of Haiti when you were born?' and then narrow in on the age using specific historical events known to the individual (see appendix I), or else by comparing him/her with a family member whose age you know for certain.

Please note: The head of household often forgets to declare young children without prompting. When you write down the youngest child declared by the head of household, be persistent [in finding out if it is the youngest child] by asking the following type of questions:

Is this in fact the youngest child? or
Are there any babies? Who are they?


pg 28

In the same way, you should systematically ask:


Are there any children aged less than one year, either present or absent?

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of persons by group of age in 5-year increments.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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