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National Population, Family, and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1970
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ARG_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institue of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Age (AR1970A_AGE)

Data file: ARG1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 175
End: 176
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">General characteristics -- For all individuals</span>
<br /><svar v="AR70A401 AR70A402 AR70A403 AR70A404 AR70A405 AR70A406 AR70A407 AR70A408 AR70A409 AR70A410 AR70A411">[Questions 1-8 were asked of all persons.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR70A403">4. What is your date of birth?<br /><div class="i1">Write the date of birth. If unanswered, write the age as of the census date in the box. For those under one year write zero (0)<br /><br />____ Day<br />____ Month<br />____ Year<br />____ [Box for age]</div><br /></svar>
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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
<span class="h2">General characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR70A403"><span class="pg">[p.122]</span><br /><br />20. When you get to question number 4, you should register the date of birth, which means, the day, month, and year in which the person was born.<br /><br />[An example for question 4 is not presented here.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.123]</span><br /><br />21. If the person you are enumerating does not remember his/her date of birth, you will register the age in completed years in the box on the extreme right.<br /><br />The mother-in-law of Mr. Pereira does not remember the date of her birth. You will then note the age in [years completed].<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the age of the person.
Universe
Argentina 1970: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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