It may seem obvious, but sometimes it can get overlooked. “Under 10” on a census category for someone’s age means that they are between 0 and 9 years of age. “Of 10 and under 16” means that they are between 10 and 15 years of age.
The difference is not great, and census ages are inaccurate more than we’d care to admit, but there is a distinction. Sometimes it makes a significant difference in our research. Other times it just means we’re off by one year on a range of possible years of birth.
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