Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone
[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]
P-02. Date of birth
What is (the person's) date of birth and age in completed years? If date of birth not known give (the person's) age in completed years. If age not known give an estimate of age.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date of Birth
_ _ _ Age
Date of birth is recorded as DD/MM/YYYY. DD is for day / MM is for month and / YYYY is for year. For example, if the person was born on 7 September 1963, write [0] [7] for the day DD, [0] [9] for the month MM, and [1] [9] [6] [3] for the year YYYY.
For babies less than one year write [0] [0] [0] for the age, and for persons 7 years and 10 months old write [0] [0] [7] for age.
Question P-02 -- Date of birth and age
What is (the person's) date of birth and age in completed years?
First ask the person's date of birth. Then ask the age, and check together that it is consistent with the date of birth given. The reason we ask both is for cross-checking. Also, some people do not remember their age but remember their date of birth.
Notice that the age must be given in completed years, i.e. age at last birthday.
Date of birth should be written in digits, with no words. The boxes are marked DD MM YYYY. Write 2 digits for the day in the boxes marked DD, 2 digits for the month in the boxes marked MM, and four digits for the year in the boxes marked YYYY.
e.g. September 7 1993 should be entered 07 09 1993.
Remember that some people mention the month first and some mention the day first, but always record the day first and the month second.
Age should be entered using three digits, e.g. 052 for 52. Again do not use words. If the respondent is 29 years old write "029'"and not "29 yrs" or "29 years". In the case of a baby younger than 1 year write 000.
e.g. For a person who is 29 years old you write "029" and for a baby who is younger that 1 year you write "000".
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Give as much information as is known, i.e.:
if the exact date of birth is not known, but the person knows the month and the year, or even just the year, fill that in.
if the age is not known at all, give an estimated age.
Where neither the date of birth nor the age can be given, the person's age in years should be estimated as accurately as possible. The enumerator should try to elicit this estimate by probing. For example ask about a historical event at the time of the birth of the person, such as the end of World War I, or a significant local event. Lists of such events are found in Appendix 2.)
You must never leave this question without an answer.
Now copy each person's age onto the flap next to his or her name.