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B. For all persons in the household

Q5. Age

Enter age in completed years _ _ _
For children less than 12 months, enter "000"
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4.2 Part B: Use for all households.

Question Q5: Age
The purpose of the question is to collect information about the age of all members of the household. All members must have an answer about their age. The full age of the household members must be as of 0:00 o'clock on the 1st of March 1, 2015.
 
Record the full age of the interviewee and all household members. The surveyor must record the full age as follows:

  • If the child is under one year old, write "00"
  • For those who are over 1 year old, please enter their full age. Full age means the age at the time of the last birthday anniversary.

 

Note:
- In case of age 99 and above, write the answer as 99 to this question and must write the full age with the name of the said person in the box specified on the second page of the questionnaire used for the said household survey. 
- If household members use the Lao calendar (Buddhist year "BE"), please use the comparison table between the Buddhist year and the international year (Christian year "BC").

Example:
 1) Mr. A was born on the 2nd of March, 1964 and he was interviewed on the 7th of March, 2015. He shows that he is 51 years old, 11 months, and 29 days. His full age is 51 years old and should write 51 in the two boxes.
2) Mr. B is 103 years old, you must add 99 in two boxes.
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  • If there is a member who does not remember their age, the surveyor should try to ask in more detail to find the closest answer, such as compared to the age of the father, mother, brother, sister, younger brother, or friend who studied with them or was born at the same time. Check for important life events from his/her birth and try to find information from official documents such as ID cards, census, vaccination cards, birth certificates, and so on.

 
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  • If the interviewee remembers the year of birth as a Lao year or Buddhist year, use the comparison table in this handbook to determine the birth year as Lao or Buddhist year, then convert it to an international year and calculate the full age.

 
Note: Write down the history of how to find the age of family members in a notebook as a reference for the examiner.