Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Age of child (AG2)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 11067

Invalid: 191

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	2233	20.2%
1	2182	19.7%
2	2158	19.5%
3	2337	21.1%
4	2157	19.5%
Sysmiss	191

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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