4. Age in years completed

Under one year, in months; under one month, in days.
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55. Question 4. Age in years completed. The age in years completed is recorded; the age followed by the word "years". E.g. 24 years. If the person is younger than one year of age, the number of months completed is recorded, accompanied by the word "months". If younger than one month, the number of days is recorded, followed by the word "days".

There is a tendency to declare the age in numbers ending in 0 or 5. The enumerator should insist in this aspect and try, in the most discreet manner possible, to obtain the true age of the person.

Some persons will claim to not know their exact age. However, they remember that their birth is related to certain events of national, regional, or historical importance. The following list gives a relationship between these events and the ages that should be recorded when the person claims to have been born in these dates:

In Spain (The Annexation): 97 years
In the beginning of the 6 years of Báez: 92 years
During the revolution of Puerto Plata: 86 years
During Cesáreo: 82 years
During the "Moya" revolution: 74 years
When Lilís died: 61 years
On the 23rd of March: 57 years
The fire of San Carlos: 57 years
The time of "the storm": 51 years
The time of "the comet": 50 years
When Mon Cáceres died: 49 years

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During the Los Quiquises War (Los Azulitos): 48 years
During Cambelén: 44 years
When the Americans came: 44 years
During "the evacuation": 43 years
During the influenza [outbreak]: 41 years
During the smallpox [outbreak]: 39 years
At the time of the coronation of the Virgin: 38 years
When the Americans left: 36 years
During San Zenón: 29 years
During the Centennial: 16 years
At the time of the earthquake: 14 years

Children younger than one year of age are also enumerated.