Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Age (W_AGE)
Data file: GHA2008-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
249
End:
250
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
106. In what month and year were you born?
MONTH ____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ____
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
MONTH ____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ____
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
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| 60 | 60 |
| 61 | 61 |
| 62 | 62 |
| 63 | 63 |
| 64 | 64 |
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.
Description
Definition
AGE (V012) reports the woman's age. DHS surveys collect information about the woman's age through questions about age at last birthday and date of birth. DHS Recode Manuals provide the following information about how the AGE variable is calculated:
Current age in completed years is calculated from the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent (V011) and the century month code of the date of interview (V008). In a few cases the age in the data file will be different from that reported by the respondent when the respondent's birthday was in the month of interview, but she had not yet had her birthday. If the respondent correctly reported her age at her last birthday (and not her age at her next birthday) then the calculated age was rounded up from the reported age, to avoid inconsistencies between the age and the century month code for the birth.
Current age in completed years is calculated from the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent (V011) and the century month code of the date of interview (V008). In a few cases the age in the data file will be different from that reported by the respondent when the respondent's birthday was in the month of interview, but she had not yet had her birthday. If the respondent correctly reported her age at her last birthday (and not her age at her next birthday) then the calculated age was rounded up from the reported age, to avoid inconsistencies between the age and the century month code for the birth.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |