Literal question
For all persons
3. How old are you? ____
For those under 1 year of age, mark '00'
For those younger than 10 years of age, mark 01, 02, 03, etc.
For those who are ten and older, mark 10, 19, 43, 65, etc according to the corresponding age
For those older than 99 years of age, mark 99.
Interviewer instructions
3. How old are you in completed years?
Fill in the ovals that correspond to the person's age in completed years on the date of the census, not the number of years that will be completed [at the next birthday].
For people who are less than 1 year old, fill in the ovals 0 and 0.
For people younger than 10, fill in 0 for the first oval and the age of the informant for the second.
For people 10 and older, fill in 10, 19, 23, 46, 54, 85, etc., as appropriate.
For people over 99, fill in the ovals 9 and 9.
[The above directions refer to a picture of question 3 in this section of the enumeration form.]