Enter age in completed years (000 for children less than one year).
_ _ _ Age

Age in Completed Years: The question to be asked here is " Lilemo tsa hao Ii kae tseo o Iiqetileng?" (How old are you in completed years) e.g. if a person is aged 37 years and 11months, the exact age in completed years to be recorded is 37. Sometimes the person will not know hishe/her age, but will remember hishe/her birth year and you will have to work out hishe/her age in completed years. In the event that the person does not know hishe/her age, but remembers historical event associated with hishe/her birth, use the calendar of events. If the event is not included in the calendar, ask how old the person was at some recorded event. Note that the question on age is one of the most important ones on the questionnaire. If the above methods on ascertaining age prove to be fruitless, obtain an estimate of hishe/her age from relatives, the neighbors, and the village headman and then put a circle around it after recording it
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Always try to get answers that are accurate or reasonable in the sense that they are consistent with the person's status in the family. For example, a 65-year-old grandmother is not expected to have a 1-year-old child, or an 18-year-old son be mothered by a 19 year old woman. Please note that children under the age of 1 should be entered as 00 in the column of age.