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1931 Data Entry Manual
January 4th, 2006
10.20. Age and Units Fields – Column 14 (Column 7 on Form 1-NWT)
Instructions to Enumerators
Age last birthday. The age of a person if over one year will be the age in completed years at the last birthday prior
to June 1, 1931; but in the case of a child not one year old on June 1, 1931 the age should be given in completed
months expressed as twelfths of a year. Thus, the age of a child one month old should be expressed as 1/12, two
months 2/12 …If a child is not a month old the age should be expressed in days, as 5 days, … (104)
SPO Information
Please enter the number of the units in which the individual’s age was recorded in the ‘Age’ field. ‘Y’ will
automatically appear in the ‘Unit’ field so that you only need to enter a value in the ‘Unit’ field if the individual’s
age is measured in days, months or weeks. For example, if an individual is three months old, you will see 3/12 in
column 14 of the census schedule. In this case, enter ‘3’ in the ‘Age’ field and change the ‘Y’ in the ‘Unit’ field to
‘M’. If an enumerator did not follow the instructions but it is clear what age they meant to insert, then please enter
the appropriate value in the fields- for example, if instead of writing 6/12, an enumerator wrote ½ and this clearly
was supposed to mean half a year old, then enter ‘6’ in the ‘Age’ field and ‘M’ in the ‘Unit’ field.
Acceptable Entries
•
•
Enter the number of the age of the individual in the ‘Age’ field.
Enter the appropriate abbreviation listed below in the ‘Unit’ field.
¾
¾
¾
¾
¾
¾
¾
Y – Year
A – An
M – Month; mois
D – Day
S – Semaine
J – Jour
W – Week
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