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VII. People in the census household

For all individuals
[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]

4. Age

How old are you in years completed?

____ Years old (Under one year write 00)

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A. First block: personal characteristics (for all persons)

This part of the census form is designed to study the composition of the population according to the following characteristics: relationship to the head of household, sex, age, marital status, maternal orphanhood, ethnicity, and disabilities.

Questions 1-8 are presented to all enumerated persons, without exception, following the specific instructions presented below:

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]