The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty Microdata Library
  • Data Catalog
  • About
  • Collections
  • Citations
  • Terms of use
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / MICS / LCA_2012_MICS_V01_M / variable [F15]
MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

St. Lucia, 2012
Get Microdata
Reference ID
LCA_2012_MICS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, Central Statistics Office, United Nations Children’s Fund
Collection(s)
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 23, 2014
Last modified
Dec 23, 2014
Page views
63077
Downloads
695
  • Study Description
  • Data Description
  • Documentation
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • ch
  • hh
  • hl
  • wm

Year of birth of woman (WB1Y)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 1253
Invalid: 88
Minimum: 1962
Maximum: 9999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 48
End: 51
Width: 4
Range: 1962 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In what month and year were you born?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1962 25
2%
1963 36
2.9%
1964 28
2.2%
1965 32
2.6%
1966 40
3.2%
1967 38
3%
1968 24
1.9%
1969 46
3.7%
1970 37
3%
1971 37
3%
1972 27
2.2%
1973 32
2.6%
1974 22
1.8%
1975 40
3.2%
1976 31
2.5%
1977 32
2.6%
1978 45
3.6%
1979 27
2.2%
1980 36
2.9%
1981 23
1.8%
1982 36
2.9%
1983 37
3%
1984 27
2.2%
1985 44
3.5%
1986 29
2.3%
1987 39
3.1%
1988 32
2.6%
1989 35
2.8%
1990 44
3.5%
1991 42
3.4%
1992 44
3.5%
1993 37
3%
1994 48
3.8%
1995 39
3.1%
1996 44
3.5%
1997 11
0.9%
9997 Inconsistent 0
0%
9998 DK 2
0.2%
9999 Missing 5
0.4%
Sysmiss 88
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 her 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 she does not know her month of birth, circle '98' for 'DK month' and ask her for the year of her birth. If she 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 she has any documentation such as an identification card, horoscope, or a birth or baptismal certificate that might give her date of birth. If such documentation is available, ask the woman 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 woman selected for interview
Back to Catalog
The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty
  • IBRD IDA IFC MIGA ICSID

© The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved.

This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. To learn more about cookies, click here.