1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991

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CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Age (CA1991A_AGE)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 218

End: 219

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="CA91A408" v="CA91A404">3. Date of birth<br /><div class="i1">Print day, month and year.<br />Example: If this person was born on the 10th of February 1945, enter:<br />If exact date is not known, enter best estimate.<br />Day _ _<br />Month _ _<br />Year 1_ _ _</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than 1
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
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+
98	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the age at last birthday (as of the census reference date, June 4, 1991).

Universe

Canada 1991: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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