Republic of Paraguay
National Census of Population and Housing
1982
Ministry of Treasury
General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses
[] Urban area
4. ____ Sector number
5. ____ Area of enumeration
6. ____ Block(s) number(s)
7. ____ Street or avenue
8. ____ House number
[] Rural area
10. ____ Sector number
11. ____ Area of enumeration
12. Other locality:
b) ____ Category
13. ____ House number
II. Information on the dwelling and household
1. Dwelling type
a) Private dwelling
[] 2 Apartment or flat
[] 3 Rented room(s)
[] 4 Improvised dwelling
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
b) Collective dwelling (group quarters)
[] 2 Barracks, military, or police post
[] 3 Boarding school
[] 4 Hospital, sanatorium, old-age home, etc.
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
2. Occupancy status
[] 1 Occupied with inhabitants present
[] 2 Occupied with inhabitants absent
[] 3 Unoccupied
[Question 3 through 12 were asked of private households]
a) What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?
[] 2 Adobe
[] 3 Wattle [estaqueo]
[] 4 Boards
[] 5 Sheets of fibrocement, zinc, etc.
[] 6 Stone
[] Other (specify) ____
b) What is the predominant material in the roof?
[] 2 Straw
[] 3 Wood
[] 4 Fibrocement or similar sheet
[] 5 Metal sheet (zinc, aluminum)
[] 6 Concrete ceilings (horizontal roofs)
[] Other (specify) ____
c) What is the predominant material in the floor?
[] 2 Floor tile
[] 3 Ceramic tile
[] 4 Cement
[] 5 Wood
[] 6 Earth
[] Other (specify) ____
4. Rooms in the dwelling
a) How many rooms does this dwelling have? ____
b) Of these, how many are used for sleeping? ____
c) Is there a room designated for cooking?
[] 2 Shared with another
[] 3 Does not have
d) Is there a room designated for bathing?
[] 2 Shared with another
[] 3 Does not have
5. Water supply
a) What is the source of water for this dwelling?
[] 2 Cistern (aljibe)
[] 3 River, stream
[] 4 Public system
Other (specify) ____
b) Where is the water source located?
[] 2 Outside the dwelling but within the yard
[] 3 Off of the property
6. Toilet facilities
a) What type of toilet facilities does the dwelling have?
[] 2 W.C. with another form of wastewater disposal (pit toilet)
[] 3 Municipal-type toilet
[] 4 Common latrine, etc.
[] 5 None
b) These facilities are used...
[] 2 Shared with another dwelling
7. Lighting
a) Does the dwelling have electric lighting?
[] 2 No
b) Is there public lighting in the street?
[] 2 No
8. Garbage removal
[] 1 Public collection
[] 2 Incineration or burial in pits
[] 3 Other systems
9. Domestic appliances
[] 1 Radio
[] 2 Television
[] 3 Sewing machine
[] 4 Refrigerator
[] 5 Gas cooking stove
[] 6 Washing machine
10. Ownership
[] 1 Owned
[] 2 Rented
Other form (specify) ____
11.
a) Mr. (Mrs.): Do the people who live in this dwelling eat from a common cooking pot?
[] 2 No
b) How many households are there in this dwelling?
Use one census form for each household
12. Language
[] 1 Only Guaraní
[] 2 Guaraní and Spanish
[] 3 Only Spanish
[] Other language (specify) ____
Summary:
____ Females
____ Total
____ Date
____ Enumerator's signature
____ Date
____ Sector supervisor's signature
For office use [blank box]
First write the name and surname of each person who slept in this dwelling the night of the 10th to 11th of July, and those of each person who was elsewhere, but who did not sleep in another dwelling. Then ask the other questions about each person.
[Questions 1 - 21 of this section consist of a table, with spaces for the data of up to three individuals. Unless otherwise noted, the questions and response options for all three individuals are identical.]
For all individuals - General characteristics
1. What is your name and surname? ____
2. What is your relationship to the head of the household?
[] 2 Son/daughter
[] 3 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 4 Grandson/granddaughter
[] 5 Father or mother
[] 6 Other relative
[] 7 Other non-relative
[] 8 Domestic employee
3. Are you a man or a woman?
[] 2 Woman
4. How old are you in years completed?
____ Years old
5. Is your mother alive?
[] 2 No
[] 3 Doesn't know
6. Where were you born?
If born abroad, write the country
____ District
____ Country
7. Date of arrival (only for those born abroad)
____ Year of arrival
8. Where did you live in July of 1977?
Write the district and whether an urban or rural area.
[] 1 Here
____ District
[] 2 Rural
____ Country
9. What language do you commonly speak?
[] 1 Only Guaraní
[] 2 Guaraní and Spanish
[] 3 Only Spanish
[] Other language (specify) ____
Only for women 14 years of age and older
10. Have you had any children born alive?
[] 2 No
[] 3 Doesn't know
For those who answered "yes," ask the following questions:
How many children born alive have you had in total?
____ Males
____ Females
How many currently live in Paraguay?
____ Males
____ Females
How many currently live abroad?
____ Males
____ Females
How many children have died?
____ Males
____ Females
What was the date of the birth your last child?
____ Month
____ Year
Is this child alive?
[] 2 No
11. What is your current marital status?
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single
II. Educational characteristics
For those 7 years of age and older
12. Are you able to read and write?
[] 2 No
[] 3 Doesn't know
13. What is the highest grade or course of regular schooling you completed?
[] 00 None
[] 99 Unknown
[] 1 ____ Primary
[] 2 ____ Basic
[] 3 ____ Humanities secondary
[] 4 ____ High school
[] 5 ____ Normal
[] 6 ____ Teacher-training
[] 7 ____ University
____ Degrees obtained (specify)
14. Do you currently attend an institution of regular schooling? (primary - secondary - university)
[] 2 No
15. Only for those between the ages of 7 and 14 who are not currently attending.
[] 1 There are no higher grades
[] 2 The school is far away
[] 3 There are no places available in the class
[] 4 There is no school
[] 5 Finished primary school
[] 6 Without economic resources
[] 7 Works
[] 8 Other reasons
16. Do you or did you attend any vocational-technical or professional training class?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
(Specify) ____
For those 12 years of age and older
17. What did you do during the greater part of last week?
[] 1 Worked
[] 2 Did not work but had a job
[] 3 Looked for work having worked before
[] 4 Looked for your first job
[] 5 Lived off retirement or pension
[] 6 Lived off investment income
[] 7 Studied
[] 8 Did domestic chores in your own home
[] 9 Disabled
Other situation (specify) ____
Ask questions 18 through 20 only if you marked 1, 2 or 3 above.
18. What occupation, position, or profession did you hold during the last week (or in the last job you had)? ____
19. What does the establishment, business or institution primarily do? ____
20. What is the category or position you held in the performance of your work?
[] 2 Private sector employee
[] 3 Manual laborer, day laborer, or domestic employee
[] 4 Owner or boss
[] 5 Own-account worker
[] 6 Unpaid family worker
IV. For the head of household or principal informant
21. Is any member of the household blind, mute, deaf, or have any physical impediment, or other disability?
[] 2 No
If "yes," ask who the disabled persons are and mark an X in the box [under the column for that person] corresponding to each response.
[] 2 Deaf
[] 3 Mute
[] 4 Paralyzed
[] Other (specify) ____