For all individuals
[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]
4. Age
How old are you in years completed?
Question 4: age
1. How to formulate the question
What is your age, in years completed?
The information that should be obtained from each person is the number of years completed at the last birthday, not the age about to be completed by the enumerator.
Taking into account the importance of this information, all of the effort necessary to obtain the age in years completed should be made. If this is not possible, the enumerator should insist in obtaining, at least, approximate information, this way there will always exist information about "age".
2. How to record the data
The enumerator will write, in the space provided:
a) The number of years completed.
b) "00" for those younger than one year of age, including newborns.
3. Example:
[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 4 of the census form]