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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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Reference ID
DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • DOM2002_PHC-H-H.dat
  • DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Age (DO2002A_AGE)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 219
End: 220
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
30. How old is [the respondent]? _ _</p>
<div class="i1">If less than one year old, put 00. If 98 or more, put 98.</div>
Categories
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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">Question 30: How old is (NAME)?</span></p>

<p>Write down in the boxes the age as of the day of the census of the interviewee.
<br />(If he/she is a child less than a year old, record 00. If he/she is a person of 98 years of age or older, record 98).</p>

<p>Sometimes the interviewee will not remember his/her date of birth or age, but might remember that he/she was born during a specific event. At the end of this manual you can find a list of different important events that can help you estimate the age of the person. Use the list for guidance.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's age.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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