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XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, 2001
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VEN_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Unidad Técnica censal (UTC), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Type of age (VE2001A_AGETYPE)

Data file: VEN2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 214
End: 214
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VE01A402 VE01A403 VE01A455 VE01A456">3. What is his/her date of birth and completed age in years?<br /><div class="i1">Date of birth:</div><br /><div class="i2">Day _ _<br />Month _ _<br />Year _ _ _ _</div><br /><div class="i1">Age: _ _ _</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Less than one year: _ _ months</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Years
2 Months
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
<svar a="all" v="VE01A402 VE01A403 VE01A455 VE01A456"><span class="h3">3.3 Age</span><br /><br />The age of the enumerated person is investigated through a dual question that solicits both the "Date of Birth", because it provides more precise information, as well as the Age completed in years. In this way, the cases in which persons to not know their exact date of birth can be avoided and the enumerator can identify the person by cohort "<span class="lang">los cortes de edad</span>". The concepts used in the treatment of these variables are the following:<br /><div class="i1">-- <span class="em">Date of birth</span>: This refers to the precise date (day, month, and year) on which the enumerated person was born.<br /><br />-- <span class="em">Age completed in years</span>: The period of time between the person's date of birth and the day of enumeration, expressed in whole years.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a person's age is recorded in month or year.
Universe
Venezuela 2001: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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