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

Brazil, 1980

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BRA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS

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Age in years (BR1980A_AGEYEARS)

Data file: BRA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 212

End: 214

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6. Month and year birth (do not register the day)<div class="i1">____ Month _ _ Year 1 _ _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
000	0 years
001	1 year
002	2 years
003	3
004	4
005	5
006	6
007	7
008	8
009	9
010	10
011	11
012	12
013	13
014	14
015	15
016	16
017	17
018	18
019	19
020	20
021	21
022	22
023	23
024	24
025	25
026	26
027	27
028	28
029	29
030	30
031	31
032	32
033	33
034	34
035	35
036	36
037	37
038	38
039	39
040	40
041	41
042	42
043	43
044	44
045	45
046	46
047	47
048	48
049	49
050	50
051	51
052	52
053	53
054	54
055	55
056	56
057	57
058	58
059	59
060	60
061	61
062	62
063	63
064	64
065	65
066	66
067	67
068	68
069	69
070	70
071	71
072	72
073	73
074	74
075	75
076	76
077	77
078	78
079	79
080	80
081	81
082	82
083	83
084	84
085	85
086	86
087	87
088	88
089	89
090	90
091	91
092	92
093	93
094	94
095	95
096	96
097	97
098	98
099	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

<svar a="all" v="BR80A406 BR80A407">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. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the person's age in years.

Universe

Brazil 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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