Censos Nacionales- Mayo de 1973. III de Vivienda – VII de Población - IPUMS Subset

Costa Rica, 1973

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CRI_1973_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, IPUMS

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Age (CR1973A_AGE)

Data file: CRI1973_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 176

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CR73A402 CR73A430 CR73A431">4. Age<br /><div class="i1">Write in one space only.</div><br /><div class="i2">For those one year of age and older, write the number of years.</div><br /><div class="i3">Number of years ____</div><br /><div class="i2">For those under one year, mark the circle</div><br /><div class="i3">[] YY Less than 1 year</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
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86	86
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88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99+

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

<svar a="all" v="CR73A402 CR73A430 CR73A431"><span class="h2">11.- Question No. 4.- Age</span><br /><br />The enumerator should ask: How old are you in completed years?<br /><br />When a person is one year old or more write down the number of years, using the space "Number of Years".<br /><br />When a person is less than one year mark the corresponding circle only.<br /><br />Generally persons have the tendency to lower the number of years of some ages, others on the other hand prefer to raise them, principally at older ages.<br /><br />Another inconvenience that is possible is meeting persons with the tendency to declare their age approximately, principally stating the so called "attractive ages" like for example: 1-5, 10, 15, 18, 20, 25, 40, 60, 65 years old, etc.<br /><br />All enumerators should insist in getting the exact age of every person, avoiding when possible, annotation of rounded numbers.<br /><br />This information refers to the <span class="em">date of the census and not the date of the visit</span>. If the person is not sure of the age of a person, the enumerator should suggest that they consult the date of the birth document or proof of birth.<br /><br />When it is impossible to get the exact age of a person, try to help the person to get approximate information, it being good to know local and national historic events. When the information that you write down is approximate, you should indicate it as such in the space for "Observations".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's age.

Universe

Costa Rica 1973: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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