IX Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1980

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BRA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center

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Age in years (BR1980A_0407)

Data file: BRA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 178

End: 180

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. Month and year birth (do not register the day)

____
Month _ _
Year 1 _ _ _

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95
96	96
97	97
98	98
99	99
100	100
101	101
102	102
103	103
104	104
105	105
106	106
107	107
108	108
109	109
110	110
111	111
112	112
113	113
114	114
115	115
116	116
117	117
118	118
119	119
120	120
121	121
122	122
123	123
124	124
125	125
126	126
127	127
128	128
129	129
130	130
999	Unknown

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

Question 6 - Month and Year of Birth

Record the person's month and year of birth. Do not record the day of birth. When the number of the month of birth is less than 10, complete with a zero the left. The year of birth will be recorded with three digits; for example:
940 and not 1940 or 40; 899 and not 1899 or 99.

[p. 43]

For persons who only know the day and/or month, without knowing the exact year of birth, the year cannot be calculated on the basis of information regard the presumed age.
This Question will remain blank when the person does not inform the date of birth.
Note - On Cd 1.02, the month and year of birth correspond to Question 4.

Question 7 - Presumed Age

This question will only be filled out when the respondent knows his or her date of birth. Presumed age should only be recorded after all attempts at finding out the exact date of birth have been made.
If the age is 1 or older, record the number of years completed in Box - 1 year or older. When the age is less than 10 years, complete with 00 to the left. If the age is between 10 and 99, complete with one 0 to the left.
If the age is less than 1 year, record the number of months completed in Box - Less than 1 year. For babies of less than 1 month, if it is impossible to inform the date of birth, record 000. When the number of months is less than 10, complete with 00 to the left. When 10 or 11 months, complete with 0 to the left.
Please note that the entry of the presumed age for children under the age of 1 should be very rare and admissible only in exceptional cases.
Note - On CD 1.02, the presumed age corresponds to Question 5.

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the person's age in years.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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