Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Bhutan, 2010

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Reference ID

BTN_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Feb 06, 2013

Last modified

Sep 26, 2013

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Age of child (AG2)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 6297

Invalid: 160

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 51

End: 51

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old is (name)?

Categories

Value	Cases
0	1244	19.8%
1	1287	20.4%
2	1343	21.3%
3	1274	20.2%
4	1149	18.2%
Sysmiss	160

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

After having obtained the child's date of birth, ask the child's age in completed years, and record in the space provided. Remember, ages must refer to the last birthday. Probe if necessary by asking “How old was (name) at his/her last birthday?”

If the mother/primary caretaker does not know the current age of the child, try asking “How many years ago was (name) born?” You may help the respondent by relating the child's age to that of other children or to some important event or to the season of birth, by asking, for example, “How many wet seasons ago was (name) born?”

Record age in completed years. Record '0' if the child is less than 1 year old.

Ask AG1 and AG2 independently. Then, check for consistency between the date of birth and completed age.

Description

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child under five.

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