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Title: Calidad de la declaración de la edad de las personas mayores en países de América Latina y el Caribe: análisis de los censos demográficos de las décadas de 1960 a 20101
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: Studies on the quality of age reporting by older persons in Latin America and the Caribbean are still scarce owing, among other things, to the recent and rapid nature of changes in the age structure. This study employs a modified version of Whipple’s Index to measure the preference for the digits 0 and 5 among age groups of 60 years and over, and also divides these into specific age groups. To this end, it analyses 72 population censuses carried out in the decades spanning from 1960 to 2010 in 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, made available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series International project (IPUMS-I). The results indicate that the quality of age reporting among older persons has improved during the observation period, and that gaps between the results for men and women have narrowed. However, the results also showed discrepancies by data collection method, inasmuch as age reporting was of better quality in population censuses that specified date of birth than in those that specified age.
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Authors: Andrade, Pedro, G; Ribeiro Pereira, Ana, C; de Moraes Camargo, Kelly, C; de Lima Brusse, Gustavo; Guimarães, Raphael, M
Periodical (Full): Notas de Población
Issue: 105
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Pages: 53-84
Data Collections: IPUMS International
Topics: Aging and Retirement, Population Data Science
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