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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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Age (ZA2001A_AGE)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 221
End: 223
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A041 ZA01A401 ZA01A402 ZA01A403 ZA01A404 ZA01A405 ZA01A406 ZA01A407 ZA01A408 ZA01A409 ZA01A410 ZA01A411 ZA01A412 ZA01A413 ZA01A414 ZA01A415 ZA01A416 ZA01A417 ZA01A418 ZA01A419 ZA01A420 ZA01A421 ZA01A422 ZA01A423 ZA01A424 ZA01A425 ZA01A426 ZA01A427 ZA01A428 ZA01A429 ZA01A430 ZA01A431 ZA01A432 ZA01A433 ZA01A434 ZA01A435 ZA01A436 ZA01A437 ZA01A438 ZA01A439 ZA01A476 ZA01A477 ZA01A478 ZA01A479 ZA01A480 ZA01A481 ZA01A482 ZA01A483 ZA01A485"><span class="h1">Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone</span><br />[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A402 ZA01A403 ZA01A404 ZA01A405">P-02. Date of birth<br /><div class="i1">What is (the person's) date of birth and age in completed years? If date of birth not known give (the person's) age in completed years. If age not known give an estimate of age.<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date of Birth<br />_ _ _ Age<br />Date of birth is recorded as DD/MM/YYYY. DD is for day / MM is for month and / YYYY is for year. For example, if the person was born on 7 September 1963, write [0] [7] for the day DD, [0] [9] for the month MM, and [1] [9] [6] [3] for the year YYYY.<br />For babies less than one year write [0] [0] [0] for the age, and for persons 7 years and 10 months old write [0] [0] [7] 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
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A402 ZA01A403 ZA01A404 ZA01A405 ZA01A471"><span class="em">Question P-02 -- Date of birth and age</span><br /><br /><span class="em">What is (the person's) date of birth and age in completed years? </span><br /><br />First ask the person's date of birth. Then ask the age, and check together that it is consistent with the date of birth given. The reason we ask both is for cross-checking. Also, some people do not remember their age but remember their date of birth.<br /><br />Notice that the age must be given in completed years, i.e. age at last birthday.<br /><br />Date of birth should be written in digits, with no words. The boxes are marked DD MM YYYY. Write 2 digits for the day in the boxes marked DD, 2 digits for the month in the boxes marked MM, and four digits for the year in the boxes marked YYYY.<br /><br />e.g. September 7 1993 should be entered 07 09 1993.<br /><br />Remember that some people mention the month first and some mention the day first, but always record the day first and the month second.<br /><br />Age should be entered using three digits, e.g. 052 for 52. Again do not use words. If the respondent is 29 years old write "029'"and not "29 yrs" or "29 years". In the case of a baby younger than 1 year write 000.<br /><br />e.g. For a person who is 29 years old you write "029" and for a baby who is younger that 1 year you write "000".<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 36]</span><br /><br />Give as much information as is known, i.e.:<br /><div class="i1">if the exact date of birth is not known, but the person knows the month and the year, or even just the year, fill that in.<br /><br />if the age is not known at all, give an estimated age.</div><br /><br />Where neither the date of birth nor the age can be given, the person's age in years should be estimated as accurately as possible. The enumerator should try to elicit this estimate by probing. For example ask about a historical event at the time of the birth of the person, such as the end of World War I, or a significant local event. Lists of such events are found in Appendix 2.)<br /><br />You must never leave this question without an answer.<br /><br />Now copy each person's age onto the flap next to his or her name.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's age at the time of enumeration.
Universe
South Africa 2001: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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