General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987

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Reference ID

MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of the Census, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Date of birth (ML1987A_0407)

Data file: MLI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 156

End: 156

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. Date of birth (month/year)

_ _/_ _ _ _

Categories

Value	Category
1	Does not know own date of birth
2	Knows own date of birth (from official document)

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

6. Birth Date:

Write the birth date in column 6 for persons in the household who have an official document related to their birth date. Then write it converted into completed years in column 7, as indicated in the example below.

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Practical example: The birth date of a person born on August 22, 1968 is indicated as shown in this table.

Date of birth (month/year): 08/68 [_]
Age: 18 y [_ _ _]
Take the following documents into consideration when recording a birth date:

- Birth certificate
- Baptism certificate

Other documents, such as remedial orders, I.D. cards, family booklets, passports, etc... should not be considered unless they show at least the month and year of the individual's birth. If the documents don't have the year of birth, fill out only the AGE column. Convert the year of birth into completed years before writing it in column 7.

Example: A certain individual's ID card has written on it: BORN AROUND 1940, without any additional detail about the day and month of birth. In this case determine the age of the individual by subtracting 1987 from 1940, which equals 47 years. Write this age in column 7 and write a dash or hyphen (-) in column 6.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the date of birth (only for persons with an official document, specifying the year and month of birth).

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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