Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Jan 06, 2014

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Month of birth of man (MB1M)

Data file: mn

Overview

Valid: 9951

Invalid: 1215

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 41

End: 42

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In what month and year were you born?

Categories

Value	Category
97	Inconsistent
98	DK
99	Missing

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

If the respondent knows his date of birth, write it in the appropriate spaces for 'Month' and 'Year'. You will need to convert the month into numbers. For this, January is '01', February is '02', March is '03', etc. If the month or day contains only one digit, use a leading zero to fill in the first space. For example, the month of March is coded as '03'. If he does not know his month of birth, circle '98' for 'DK month' and ask him for the year of his birth. If he knows the year, write it in the spaces for 'Year'. Try under all circumstances to obtain at least the year of birth. If the respondent is unable to provide this information, ask whether he has any documentation such as an identification card, horoscope, or a birth or baptismal certificate that might give his date of birth. If such documentation is available, ask the man if the information on the document(s) is correct. Only when it is absolutely impossible to even estimate the year of birth should you circle '9998' for 'DK year'.

Description

Source of information

The eligible man selected for interview

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