Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985

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Reference ID

BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Age (BF1985A_0403)

Data file: BFA1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 96

End: 98

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

All persons
[Questions 1-8 were asked for all persons.]

6. Age or date of birth

____ Age in months or years
____ Date of birth

Categories

Value	Category
0	Less than 1 year
1	1 year
2	2 years
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
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+
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

Column six - age or birthdate:

This column is divided into two subcolumns:

- Age in months or years;
- Date of birth.

Only one of these sub-columns needs to be filled out for each individual.

For each person, it is necessary to obtain as much precision as possible concerning the day, month and year of birth. You should consult the personal documents of those being interviewed on an as-needed basis: birth certificate, ID card, family record book.

- If the exact date is known, write it in numbers. Example: 15/10/82 for someone born on October 15, 1982.
- If only the year of birth is known, write it directly. Example: 1939 for someone born in 1939.
- If only the age is given, record the given number followed by the letter "A".

For children under a year old, record the age in months if between 1 and 12 months, followed by the letter "M", and in days if the child is less than one month old, followed by the letter "J".

Example:

3 years write 3A
8 months write 8M
25 days write 25J.

In the case that someone has no idea what their age is (or has a very vague idea), it is necessary to ask them, or the person responding for them, if they remember an important event in the history of the city or area, of which the date is well-known, in order to estimate the age of the person concerned.

In certain cases, you may ask the respondent to search their memory for another person in the area that is of a similar age to them to see if this person can either provide more information on their age or serve as a reference.

[p. 26]

You may also consult the relationship between a person's declared age (even the date) and certain other replies, such as: education, the age of their first child and the number of children for a woman, etc.

If the responses to these questions seem erroneous in comparison to the age of the individual, you must probe while with the respondent to obtain logical responses.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's age.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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