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The Population and Housing Census of Thailand 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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THA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Month of birth (TH1980A_0402)

Data file: THA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 162
End: 163
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For Every Person
[Questions L1- L7 were asked of every person.]


L4. Month and year of birth

Month ____
Year ____
Categories
Value Category
1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
21 Lunar month 1 (December)
22 Lunar month 2 (January)
23 Lunar month 3 (February)
24 Lunar month 4 (March)
25 Lunar month 5 (April)
26 Lunar month 6 (May)
27 Lunar month 7 (June)
28 Lunar month 8 (July)
29 Lunar month 9 (August)
30 Lunar month 10 (September)
31 Lunar month 11 (October)
32 Lunar month 12 (November)
99 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
Columns 1 ? 7 Interview and record the detailed information of every household member.


Column 4 Month and year of birth

Question ?May I have your month and year of birth?? record month and year of birth in Column Month and Year, respectively.

1. If the interviewee answers in a lunar calendar or the Thai zodiacal calendar e.g., Month 12 Year Rabbit, Record ?12? in Column Month and ?Rabbit? in Column Year.
2. If the interviewee answers in solar calendar e.g. September 2496, Record ?September? in Column Month and ?2496? in Column Year.
3. If the interviewee answers month of birth in solar calendar e.g., January and year of birth in the Thai Zodiacal calendar e.g., Great snake, the interviewer should ask for the year of birth.
Unless the interviewee does not know the exact year of birth, the interviewer records ?Great snake?
4. If the interviewee does not know the month and year of birth, mark ?X? in Column Month and Year.


Remarks: If the interviewee does not remember month and date of birth of family members, ask for the household registration to verify.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the month of birth of the person.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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