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Mongolia 1989
Mongolia 2000
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Mongolia 1989 — source variable MN1989A_BPLPROV — Province (aimag) of birth
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4. Date of birth:
Year ____
Month ____
Day ____
Age _ _

Aimag (province) _____

Soum (district) _____
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Question Four.

114. A person's date of birth shall be filled out as it is written in their registration number. (for example: 1940 -- 2 -- 25). However, the age shall be taken as the years aged. Age shall not be added up even if there is only a few days are left before the actual birth day. For example: if a child is 12 years and 11 months and 25 days old his/her age shall be filled out as being 12 not13. The age for young children up to 12 months shall be filled out as 0.

115. People ages shall be defined through the following method: Age for people who were born before January 5 of each year shall be defined by subtracting their year of birth from 1989. For example: if Baldan was born January 3, 1939 then he will be 50 years old (1989 -- 1939). Age for people who were born after January 5 of each year shall be defined by deducting their year of birth from 1989, then subtracting 1 from the remainder. For example: if Dash was born January 10, 1943 then he will be 45 years old (1989 -- 1943 - 1). (For defining age please, refer to the Table in the Appendix 5).

116. Table 1 shall be used to determine the age for old people who are not able to say their DOB but knows them in the old lunar calendar.
Age
Year of Birth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 8, 9, 10
Mouse, 5, 17, 29, 41, 53, 65, 77, 89, 101, 113
Cow, 4, 16, 28, 40, 52, 64, 76, 88, 100, 112
Tiger, 3, 15, 27, 39, 51, 63, 75, 87, 99, 111
Rabbit, 2, 14, 26, 38, 50, 62, 74, 86, 98, 100
Dragon, 1, 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 97, 109
Snake, - , 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108
Horse, - , 11, 23, 35, 47, 59, 71, 83, 95, 107
Oxen, - , 10, 22, 34, 46, 58, 70, 82, 94, 106
Monkey, - , 9, 21, 33, 45, 57, 69, 81 93, 105
Hen/Rooster, - , 8, 20, 32, 44, 56, 68, 80, 92, 104
Dog, - , 7, 19, 31, 43, 55, 67, 79, 91, 103
Pig, - , 6, 18, 30, 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 102

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Mongolia 2000 — source variable MN2000A_BPL — Province or country of birth
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All persons should answer.
[Questions 1-9.]


9. Place of birth ____ _ _

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Question: Nine.

Place of birth. Name of aimag, capital city (country). Record as the present without an abbreviation, the name of aimagand capital city of the person that is the place of birth. See code from annex-1. If that person was born abroad write down the country name in the space of name of aimag and capital city and see the code from annex-4.

The enumerator should remind the respondent that he or she should answer the enumerator with his or her permanent residence address. When the person who is being enumerated, this person's mother's temporary living address will not be noted as the place of birth of the enumerating person. For example: the mother of the enumerating person lives permanently in Arkhangai province but delivered her child in UB and went back to Arkhangai province after delivery within the six months period. This person's place of birth will be defined as Arkhangai. Also if mother of enumerating person was living in abroad more than six months at the time of delivery then the person will be considered as born abroad. Another case is if the mother of the enumerating person was living abroad more than six months and arrived to the country for a period of less than six months at the time of delivery and went back to that foreign country, the newly born child's place of delivery will be determined as born abroad.