All persons [Applies to questions 1-5]

3. Age. How old in years completed is the enumerated person? If under 1 year, how old in months is the enumerated person?

11.5.1 Personal characteristics. The first five questions dealing with personal characteristics are presented to persons of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest persons. The last question, relating to de facto conjugal status, is only presented to those 15 years of age and older.

c) Question 3. Age. The age in years completed or in complete years is recorded for each enumerated person. The number of months completed is only requested if the enumerated person is younger than one year of age. The annotations should be made using numbers and not words.

Some informants cannot give an exact age or have doubts about their age but they remember, however, that the birth of the enumerated person is related to an important national or regional historical event. In these cases, the list of events given below can be used and the corresponding ages recorded:

Event: During the "Moya" revolution
Approximate age in years: 83

Event: When Lilís died
Approximate age in years: 70

Event: On the 23rd of March
Approximate age in years: 67

Event: The fire of San Carlos
Approximate age in years: 67

Event: The time of "the comet"
Approximate age in years: 60

Event: During the Los Quiquises War
Approximate age in years:57

Event: During Cambelén
Approximate age in years: 54

Event: When the Americans came
Approximate age in years: 53

Event: During the influenza [outbreak]
Approximate age in years: 51

Event: During the smallpox [outbreak]
Approximate age in years: 48

Event: At the time of the coronation of the Virgin
Approximate age in years: 48

Event: During San Zenón
Approximate age in years: 39

Event: During the Centennial
Approximate age in years: 26

Event: At the time of the earthquake
Approximate age in years: 24

Event: At the time of the Constanza, Maimón, and Estero Hondo Invasion
Approximate age in years: 11

Event: When Trujillo fell [from power]
Approximate age in years: 9

Event: At the time of Palma Sola massacre
Approximate age in years: 8

Event: The 27th of February encampment explosion
Approximate age in years: 6

Event: The April Revolution
Approximate age in years: 5

Event: At the time of Hurricane Flora that damaged the South
Approximate age in years: 4

Event: At the time of Hurricane Inés that damaged Barahona and Enriquillo
Approximate age in years: no age given

Event: When Balaguer was taken
Approximate age in years: 4