Republic of Bolivia
National Institute of Statistics
National Census of Housing and Population
Census 2001
Chapter A. Identification of the Form
1.1 Copy the geographic identification information that appears on the folder.
City/community entity
Sector
Segment
Block
1.2 Dwelling address
____ City/community entity
____ Zone/locality
____ Street/route/highway
____ House number
____ Floor number
____ Apartment number
2.2 ____ Dwelling order number
2.3 ____ Form number of the dwelling
3. How many people slept in this dwelling the night before the census, including newborns?
____ Males
____ Females
If there are more than 9 people, use one or more additional forms, on which:
in 2.2 (dwelling order number) write 2, or 3, or ... as the case may be.
Continue with Chapter D
Chapter B. Dwelling type and Occupancy
4. Dwelling type (fill in by observation)
[] 12 Apartment
[] 13 Separate rented room or rooms
[] 14 Improvised dwelling or mobile home
[] 15 Place not intended for habitation
[] 17 Hospital, clinic
[] 18 Retirement home/orphanage
[] 19 Convent or religious residence
[] 20 Boarding school or educational residence
[] 21 Military or police establishments
[] 22 Prison or correctional institutions
[] 23 Other
5. Dwelling (fill in by observation)
Occupied
[] 2 With inhabitants absent
[] 4 Under repair or construction
[] 5 For seasonal use
[] 6 Abandoned
Chapter C. Characteristics of the dwelling with inhabitants present
[Questions 6 to 26 were asked of persons who lived in occupied private dwelling and were present at the time of enumeration, per Questions 4 and 5.]
6. What is the construction material most frequently used in the walls of this dwelling?
[] 2 Adobe/wood-mud construction
[] 3 Wood frame/walls made of cane and clay
[] 4 Stone
[] 5 Wood
[] 6 Cane/palm/trunks
[] 7 Other
7. Have the interior walls of this dwelling been finished?
[] 8 No
8. What is the construction material most frequently used in the roof of this dwelling?
[] 2 Tiles (cement, clay, cement fiber)
[] 3 Reinforced cement
[] 4 Straw, cane, palm, clay
[] 5 Other
9. What is the material most frequently used in the floors of this dwelling?
[] 2 Wood board
[] 3 Assembled wood planks/parquet
[] 4 Carpet/rugs
[] 5 Cement
[] 6 Mosaic, floor tile, ceramic tile
[] 7 Brick
[] 8 Other
10. From where is water for drinking and cooking principally obtained?
[] 2 Public tank/faucet
[] 3 Delivery truck
[] 4 Well or water wheel with pump
[] 5 Well or water wheel without pump
[] 6 River/stream/spring
[] 7 Lake/lagoon/swamp
[] 8 Other
11. The water for drinking and cooking is distributed via:
[] 7 piped outside of the dwelling but within the lot or property
[] 8 not piped
12. Is there a bathroom, water closet or latrine?
[] 2 No (skip to question 15)
13. The bathroom, water closet or latrine is:
[] 4 Shared with other households
14. The bathroom, water closet or latrine wastewater flows to:
[] 2 Septic tank
[] 3 Pit toilet
[] 4 Surface (street/stream/river)
15. Is electric energy used to light this dwelling?
[] 6 No
16. What type of fuel or energy is principally used for cooking?
[] 2 Bird dung, other manure
[] 3 Kerosene
[] 4 Gas (tank or piped)
[] 5 Electricity
[] 6 Other
[] 7 Don't use any
17. Is there a room used exclusively for cooking?
[] 8 No
18. How many rooms does your household occupy, not including bathrooms and kitchen?
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three
[] 4 Four
[] 5 Five
[] 6 Six
[] 7 Seven
[] 8 Eight or more
19. Of these rooms, how many are used for sleeping?
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three
[] 4 Four
[] 5 Five
[] 6 Six
[] 7 Seven
[] 8 Eight or more
20. Do you have:
[] 2 Television?
[] 3 Bicycle?
[] 4 Motorcycle/motor-scooter?
[] 5 Automotive vehicle?
[] 6 Refrigerator?
[] 7 Telephone or cellular phone?
[] 8 Electric water pump?
21. The dwelling you occupy is:
[] 2 Rented?
[] 3 In a Loan-Backed Habitation Contract?
[] 4 In a Mixed Contract?
[] 5 Ceded for Services?
[] 6 Lent by Relatives or Friends?
[] 7 Other?
22. In this household, how many people are:
[] 1 One
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three or more
[] 1 One
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three or more
[] 1 One
[] 2 Two
[] 3 Three or more
23. During the year 2000, did any person who lived with you die?
[] 2 No -- Skip to Chapter D
24. Was this person a female 15 years of age or older?
[] 2 No -- Skip to Chapter D
25. Did her death occur:
[] 4 Giving birth
[] 5 Up to two months after giving birth
[] 6 Other
26. What was her age at death?
Chapter D. For all individuals (Request the presence of those people who slept in this dwelling, including [explicitly both male and female] children.)
[Questions 27-34 were asked of all persons.]
28. Male or female
[] 2 Female
29. What is your age in years completed?
30. Is your birth recorded in the civil registry?
[] 4 No
31. What is your relationship to the head of the household?
[] 2 Spouse or live-in partner
[] 3 Child or step-child
[] 4 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 5 Sibling or sibling-in-law
[] 6 Parents or parents-in-law
[] 7 Other relative
[] 8 Household employee
[] 9 Relative of a household employee
[] 10 Other not related
[] 11 Member of a collective household
32. What languages and dialects are you able to speak?
[] 2 Aymara
[] 3 Spanish
[] 4 Guaraní
[] 5 Foreign language
[] 6 Doesn't speak
[] 7 Other indigenous Bolivian language
33. Where do you habitually live?
[] 2 In another place within the country:
____ Municipality (Province Section)
____ Province
____ Department
[] 2 La Paz
[] 3 Cochabamba
[] 4 Oruro
[] 5 Potosí
[] 6 Tarija
[] 7 Santa Cruz
[] 8 Beni
[] 9 Pando
34. Where were you born?
[] 2 In another place within the country:
____ Municipality (Province Section)
____ Province
____ Department
[] 2 La Paz
[] 3 Cochabamba
[] 4 Oruro
[] 5 Potosí
[] 6 Tarija
[] 7 Santa Cruz
[] 8 Beni
[] 9 Pando
____ Year of arrival in Bolivia - Go on to Chapter E
Chapter E. Only for those 4 years of age and older
[Questions 35-41 were asked of all persons 4 years or older.]
35. What language did you learn to speak as a child?
[] 2 Aymara
[] 3 Spanish
[] 4 Guarani
[] 5 Other native language
[] 6 Foreign language
[] 7 Doesn't speak
36. Do you know how to read and write?
[] 2 No
37. Do you currently attend a public or private school?
[] 2 Yes, attends a public school
[] 3 Yes, attends a private school
38. What level are you currently attending?
[] 1 Preschool
[] 2 Primary
[] 3 Secondary
39. What was the highest level and grade that you passed?
[] 12 Preschool
In the previous system:
[] 13 Basic
[] 14 Intermediate
[] 15 Middle
In the current system
[] 16 Primary
[] 17 Secondary
Answers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-Continue with question 41.
University
[] 18 Licensure (B.A.)
[] 19 Technical degree
[] 20 Teacher's training
[] 21 Military-police training
[] 22 Technical institute
[] 23 Other
Answers 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23-Continue with question 40
40. To enter this level, what level and grade did you have to pass?
After each level, there is a [] for the number of the grade
In the previous system:
[] 13 Basic
[] 14 Intermediate
[] 15 Middle
In the current system
[] 16 Primary
[] 17 Secondary
41. Where did you live five years ago (1996)?
[] 2 In another place within the country:
____ Municipality (Province Section)
____ Province
____ Department
[] 2 La Paz
[] 3 Cochabamba
[] 4 Oruro
[] 5 Potosí
[] 6 Tarija
[] 7 Santa Cruz
[] 8 Beni
[] 9 Pando
Chapter F. Only for persons seven years old or more.
[Questions 42-47 were asked of all persons seven years or older.]
42. Did you work last week?
[] 2 No
43. During last week?
[] 1 Had a job, but did not work due to permission, vacations, of lack of materials
[] 2 Tended to agriculture or animal husbandry
[] 3 Tended to some business, either personal or family
[] 4 Carried out some activity to receive an income
[] 5 Did not work
Answers 1, 2, 3, 4-Continue with question 45
44. During last week?
[] 1 Looked for work having worked before
[] 2 Looked for work for the first time
[] 3 Was a student
[] 4 Household duties or helped in a self-owned business or family business
[] 5 Retired-pensioner, collected rents
[] 6 Other
Answers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-Continue with Chapter G
45. During the past week, what was your main occupation?
_____
46. In this work, you worked as:
[] 3 Employee (manual laborer or professional)
[] 4 Own-account worker
[] 5 Owner, partner, employer
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Unpaid family worker or apprentice
47. What does the establishment where you work produce or sell, or what is the primary activity of the establishment?
_____
Chapter G. Only for persons 15 years old or more.
[Questions 48 and 49 were asked of all persons 15 years or older.]
48. What is your current civil status?
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Consensual union or concubine
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
49. Do you consider yourself a member of any of the following original or indigenous groups?
[] 2 Aymara
[] 3 Guarani
[] 4 Chiquitano
[] 5 Mojeño
[] 6 Other native
[] 7 None
Chapter H. Only for women, fifteen years old or more.
[Questions 50-55 were asked of women aged 15 years or older.]
50. What is the total number of live birth children have you had, including those that have died or are not here?
If the woman has not had any children, write -0- and continue with the next person.
51. Of your children that were born alive, how many are still alive?
If the answer is "none", write 0.
52. Of your children that were born alive, how many died?
If the answer is "none", write 0.
53. In what month and year was your last daughter or son born alive?
Year ______
54. Where did this last delivery take place?
[] 2 In a home
[] 3 Other place
55. Who assisted with the birth?
[] 2 Nurse/nurse's assistant
[] 3 Midwife
[] 4 You yourself
[] 5 Another person