General Population Census IV and Housing II 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963

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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Age (in years) (UY1963A_0402)

Data file: URY1963-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 145

End: 147

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4. Age in completed years: ____

For those younger than 1 year, write down the number of completed months, followed by the word "Months". For minors younger than 1 month, write "0 months". Example: "0 months", "3 months", etc.

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
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21	21
22	22
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27	27
28	28
29	29
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31	31
32	32
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45	45
46	46
47	47
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78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
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84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99
999	Unknown

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

Title 4: Age in completed years
181. "Age in completed years" is meant to be the age that a person has reached on their last birthday. One way of verifying the accuracy of the declared age for the enumerator is asking for the date of their birth, always, so then the conditions for getting this information are achieved.

182. The enumerator should take into account the common tendency of people rounding their age, declaring numbers that end in 0 or in 5. Especially in these cases one has to guess the date of birth, or one has to assure that the person is not rounding their age by either more or fewer [years].

183. If a person does not know their age and there is no other way of knowing for certain, try using personal documents from this person or refer to neighbors; the enumerator should make an estimate of the aforementioned age.

[p. 31]

184. If an enumerated person is not present, get their information from those that are present that know them.

185. For those under one year, write the word "month" immediately after the pertinent number. So: "0 months"; "1 month"; "3 months"; etc.

186. If a person is one year old or more, always write the word "years" after the corresponding number. So: "1 year"; "6 years"; "46 years"; etc.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's age in years.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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