VI Population Census and V Dwelling Census
2001
Republic of Ecuador
INEC National Institute of Statistics and Census
National Census of Population and Dwelling 2001
The information solicited is strictly confidential.
Article 21 of the Law of Statistics establishes the Law of Statistical Secrecy.
I. Geographic location
2. County ____ _ _
3. County seat or rural parish ____ _ _
4. Zone or community, locality divided by blocks ____ _ _
5. Sector; name of disperse section ____ _ _ _
6. Census area _ _
7. Block number _ _
8. Community, population center, locality, neighborhood, etc. ____ _ _
9. Number of the dwelling (order of the visit) ____ _ _ _
10. Dwelling address:
Other identification: Road, highway, path, etc. ____
II. Information about the dwelling
1. Type of dwelling
[ ] 2 Apartment
[ ] 3 Room in rental house
[ ] 4 Basic housing, zinc roof
[ ] 5 Rural house
[ ] 6 Shack
[ ] 7 Hut
[ ] 8 Other (specify) ____
[ ] 12 Military or Police quarters
[ ] 13 Prison
[ ] 14 Hospital, clinic, etc.
[ ] 15 Convent or religious institution
[ ] 16 Other (specify) ____
If the dwelling is collective, continue with Chapter V (identification of the persons of the household).
2. Occupation condition of the dwelling:
[ ] 2 Occupied with persons absent (end of interview)
[ ] 3 Unoccupied (end of interview)
[ ] 4 Under construction (end of interview)
3. Predominant construction materials of the dwelling:
[ ] 2 Asbestos or similar (example: Eternit brand of roofing sheets)
[ ] 3 Zinc
[ ] 4 Clay tiles
[ ] 5 Straw or similar
[ ] 6 Other materials
[ ] 2 Adobe wall or adobe brick wall
[ ] 3 Wood
[ ] 4 Cane with mud covering
[ ] 5 Cane without mud covering
[ ] 6 Other materials
[ ] 2 Tile or vinyl
[ ] 3 Brick or cement
[ ] 4 Cane
[ ] 5 Dirt
[ ] 6 Other materials
[ ] 2 Steel
[ ] 3 Stone
[ ] 4 Wood
[ ] 5 Other (specify) ____
4. Water service to the dwelling:
[ ] 2 Piped water outside the dwelling but inside the building, plot, or land
[ ] 3 Piped water outside the dwelling
[ ] 4 No piped water, acquires water through other methods.
[ ] 2 From a well
[ ] 3 From a river, fall, ditch, or channel
[ ] 4 From a delivery truck
[ ] 5 Other (specify) (example: rain water) ____
5. How does the household remove the sewage or wastewater from the dwelling?
[ ] 2 Black well
[ ] 3 Septic Tank
[ ] 4 Other form (specify) ____
6. Doe the dwelling have electricity?
[ ] 2 No
7. Does the dwelling have telephone service?
[ ] 2 No
8. How does the household dispose of trash?
[ ] 2 Empty lot or ditch
[ ] 3 Burning or burying
[ ] 4 Other form (specify) ____
9. Without counting the bathroom, how many rooms are in the dwelling?
10. Are there persons or groups that prepare their food separately, but sleep in this dwelling?
[ ] 2 No
11. How many groups of persons (households) cook their food separately and sleep in this dwelling?
Summary of household population
_ _ Men
_ _ Women
_ _ Total
For the dwelling where you are interviewing more than one household, use a form for each household, and repeat chapter 1 (location).
III. Information about the household
Number of the household that you are interviewing _ of _
1. Without counting the kitchen or bathroom, how many rooms are occupied by this household?
2. In this household, how many rooms are used only for sleeping?
3. Does this household have a room, building, or space exclusively for cooking?
[ ] 2 No
4. What is the principal combustible or energy used for cooking?
[ ] 2 Electricity
[ ] 3 Gasoline
[ ] 4 Kerex (kerosene) or diesel fuel
[ ] 5 Wood or charcoal
[ ] 6 Other (specify) ____
[ ] 7 None (they do not cook)
5. The sanitary service available to this household is:
[ ] 2 Bathroom shared by various households
[ ] 3 Latrine
[ ] 4 None
6. The bathing system (shower) available to this household is:
[ ] 2 Shared by various households
[ ] 3 None
7. In this household, is part of the dwelling used for an economic activity?
[ ] 2 No
8. The dwelling occupied by this household is:
[ ] 2 Rented
[ ] 3 Loan-backed habitation contract (anticresis, defined: occupants have use of property in payment of a debt, until the debt is paid)
[ ] 4 Free
[ ] 5 In payment of services
[ ] 6 Other (specify) ____
IV. Information about emigrants to other countries
1. Has one or more persons who were members of this household traveled to another country since November 1996 (during the past five years) and not returned?
[ ] 2 No; continue with Chapter 5 (identification of the persons in the household)
How many members of this household traveled?
[There are rows to complete the information about persons numbered 1 through 6].
2. Sex
[ ] 2 Woman
4. Year of departure ____
5. Motive of the trip (code) ____
6. Name of the destination country (code) ____
V. Identification of the persons in the household.
1. What are the names and last names of each of the persons that spent the night from the 24th to the 25th of November in this household? Begin with the head of household and continue with the rest of the members of the family (do not forget newborns and the elderly).
Mr. Census taker: Write the names and last names of each person in the following order:
2. Spouse or partner
3. Son or daughter (unmarried children, married children, from eldest to youngest)
4. Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
5. Grandson or granddaughter
6. Parents or parents-in-law
7. Other relatives
8. Other non-relatives
9. Domestic servants
10. Member of the collective household
[There are lines for seven persons]
1. Number of the person ____
2. Names and last names ________
3. Relationship to the head of household ____
[] 2 Woman
Important: Do not forget to transcribe the number and the names and last names of each of the persons in the initial table of the Chapter IV interviews (information about the population), before you begin to ask the questions.
Mr. Census taker: if the number of persons is more than 7, use an additional form
[One line of instructions at the end of the page is cut off.]
VI. Information about the population
Questionnaire only for the head of household (male or female).
Person Number _ _ _ _
Names and last names ____
1. Head of household (male or female) [ ]
2. Is man or woman?
[ ] 2 Woman
3. How many years have you completed? Write the age at the last birthday.
4. Does the person have any permanent physical, sensorial, or mental disability? (Incapacity)
[ ] 2 To move or use his/her body (paralysis, amputations)
[ ] 3 Is deaf or uses hearing aids? (deaf, deaf/mute)
[ ] 4 Mental retardation
[ ] 5 Psychiatric Illness (craziness)
[ ] 6 Multiple (two or more of the above)
[ ] 7 Other (disfigurations, internal organs)
[ ] 9 Don't know
5. What is the language or dialect that he/she speaks?
[ ] 2 Only native language
[ ] 4 Spanish and native language
6. How does he/she consider himself/herself: Indigenous, Black (Afro-Ecuadorian), Mestizo, Mulato, White, or other?
[ ] 3 Mestizo
[ ] 4 Mulato
[ ] 5 White
[ ] 6 Other
7. Where was he/she born?
In another part of the country
____ County
____ Province
____ In another country (specify)
_ _ _ _ Year of arrival in Ecuador
8. Where does he/she usually live?
In another part of the country
___ County
___ Province
___ In another country (specify)
9. How long have you lived in the place indicated in the previous question? If less than one year, write "00".
_ _ Number of months
10. Five years ago (in November 1996), in what rural parish or county seat did you usually live?
In another part of the country
___ County
___ Province
___ In another country (specify)
B. Educational characteristics
11. Does he/she know how to read and write? If he/she can only read or only write, mark the "no" box.
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
12. Does he/she currently attend a regular educational center? (Literacy center, elementary, secondary, basic school, middle school, post-high school, university, post-graduate).
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
13. What is the highest level of education that he/she attends or attended?
[ ] 2 Elementary
[ ] 3 Secondary
[ ] 4 Basic school
[ ] 5 Middle school
[ ] 6 Post-high school
[ ] 7 University
[ ] 8 Post-graduate
[ ] 9 Don't know
14. What is the last grade or highest year that he/she completed in the indicated level?
[ ] 01
[ ] 02
[ ] 03
[ ] 04
[ ] 05
[ ] 06
[ ] 07
[ ] 08
[ ] 09
[ ] 10
[ ] 99 Don't know
15. Does he/she have a university degree?
[ ] 1 Yes
[ ] 9 Don't know
16. Is he/she affiliated with Social Security?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
Does he/she currently contribute?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
17. Is he/she member of a rural [campesina] organization?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
18. What did he/she do last week?
[ ] 01 Worked (at least one hour); continue with question 20
[ ] 02 Has a job but did not work; continue with question 20
[ ] 03 Looked for work having worked before (unemployed); continue with question 19
[ ] 04 Looked for work for the first time; continue with question 19
[ ] 05 Only did housework; continue with question 19
[ ] 06 Only student; continue with question 19
[ ] 07 Only retired; continue with question 19
[ ] 08 Only pensioner; continue with question 19
[ ] 09 Handicapped, cannot work; continue with question 19
[ ] 10 Other, specify___; continue with question 19
[ ] 99 Don't know; continue with question 19
19. Did he/she do or help do any activity, even if it was not for payment?
[ ] 1 Yes, continue with question 20
[ ] 2 No
Women, continue with question 24
Men, continue with question 28
20. What was the principal activity or work that you carried out during the past week or the last time you worked before you became unemployed? _____
21. How many hours did you work at this activity last week or the last week you worked before you became unemployed?
22. What is the main activity or main product of the business or establishment where you worked at the above activity? ____
For the head of household (male or female):
23. What was the position or job category of the work indicated?
[ ] 1 Owner or active partner
[ ] 2 Self-employed
Employee or salaried worker:
[ ] 4 Of the State
[ ] 5 Of the private sector
[ ] 9 Don't know
Only for female heads of household:
24. What is the total number of live children you have given birth to?
25. How many of these children that were born alive are still living?
26. On what date was the last son or daughter born alive?
_ _ Month
_ _ Year
27. Is the last son or daughter that was born alive still living?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
For the head of household (male or female):
28. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated? Mark only one box.
[ ] 2 Single
[ ] 3 Married
[ ] 4 Divorced
[ ] 5 Widowed
[ ] 6 Separated
[ ] 9 Don't know
For all persons except the heads of household:
Questionnaire for the rest of the people in the household.
Person number _ _ _ Names and last names ____
1. What is your relationship to the head of household?
[ ] 2 Son or daughter
[ ] 3 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] 4 Grandson or granddaughter
[ ] 5 Parents or parents-in-law
[ ] 6 Other relatives
[ ] 7 Other non-relatives
[ ] 8 Domestic servants
[ ] 9 Member of a collective household
[ ] 2 Woman
3. How many years have you completed? Write the age at the last birthday. For persons less than one year old, write 00.
4. Does the person have any permanent physical, sensorial, or mental disability? (incapacity)
[ ] 2 To move or use his/her body (paralysis, amputations)
[ ] 3 Is deaf or uses hearing aids? (deaf, deaf/mute)
[ ] 4 Mental retardation
[ ] 5 Psychiatric illness (craziness)
[ ] 6 Multiple (two or more of the above)
[ ] 7 Other (disfigurations, internal organs)
[ ] 9 Don't know
5. What is the language or dialect that he/she speaks? Note to Census taker: For children less than one year old, leave this question blank.
[ ] 2 Only native language
[ ] 4 Spanish and native language
6. How does he/she consider himself/herself: Indigenous, Black (Afro-Ecuadorian), Mestizo, Mulato, White, or other?
[ ] 3 Mestizo
[ ] 4 Mulato
[ ] 5 White
[ ] 6 Other
In another part of the country
____ County
____ Province
____ In another country (specify)
_ _ _ _ Year of arrival in Ecuador
8. Where does he/she usually live?
In another part of the country
___ County
___ Province
___ In another country (specify)
9. How long have you lived in the place indicated in the previous question? If less than one year, write "00".
Number of months _ _
For children less than five years old, finish the interview here and continue with the next person.
10. Five years ago (in November 1996), in what rural parish or county seat did you usually live?
In another part of the country
___ County
___ Province
___ In another country (specify)
B. Educational characteristics
11. Does he/she know how to read and write? If he/she can only read or only write, mark the "no" box.
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
12. Does he/she currently attend a regular educational center? (Literacy center, elementary, secondary, basic school, middle school, post-high school, university, post-graduate).
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
13. What is the highest level of education that he/she attends or attended?
[ ] 2 Elementary
[ ] 3 Secondary
[ ] 4 Basic school
[ ] 5 Middle school
[ ] 6 Post-high school
[ ] 7 University
[ ] 8 Post-graduate
[ ] 9 Don't know
14. What is the last grade or highest year he/she completed in the indicated level?
[ ] 01
[ ] 02
[ ] 03
[ ] 04
[ ] 05
[ ] 06
[ ] 07
[ ] 08
[ ] 09
[ ] 10
[ ] 99 Don't know
15. Does he/she have a university degree?
[ ] 1 Yes
[ ] 9 Don't know.
16. Is he/she affiliated with Social Security?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
Does he/she currently contribute?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
17. Is he/she member of a rural [campesina] organization?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
18. What did he/she do last week?
[ ] 01 Worked (at least one hour); continue with question 20
[ ] 02 Has a job but did not work; continue with question 20
[ ] 03 Looked for work having worked before (unemployed); continue with question 19
[ ] 04 Looked for work for the first time; continue with question 19
[ ] 05 Only did housework; continue with question 19
[ ] 06 Only student; continue with question 19
[ ] 07 Only retired; continue with question 19
[ ] 08 Only pensioner; continue with question 19
[ ] 09 Handicapped, cannot work; continue with question 19
[ ] 10 Other, specify___; continue with question 19
[ ] 99 Don't know; continue with question 19
19. Did he/she do or help do any activity, even if it was not for payment?
[ ] 1 Yes, continue with question 20
[ ] 2 No
Women, continue with question 24
Men, continue with question 28
20. What was the principal activity or work that you carried out during the past week or the last time you worked before you became unemployed? _____
21. How many hours did you work at this activity last week or the last week you worked before you became unemployed?
22. What is the main activity or main product of the business or establishment where you worked at the above activity? ____
For the head of household (male or female):
23. What was the position or job category of the work indicated?
[ ] 1 Owner or active partner
[ ] 2 Self-employed
Employee or salaried worker:
[ ] 4 Of the State
[ ] 5 Of the private sector
[ ] 9 Don't know
Only for females over the age of twelve, except female heads of household:
24. What is the total number of live children you have given birth to?
25. How many of these children that were born alive are still living?
26. On what date was the last son or daughter born alive?
_ _ Month
_ _ Year
27. Is the last son or daughter that was born alive still living?
[ ] 2 No
[ ] 9 Don't know
For all persons over twelve years old, except the head of household (male or female):
28. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated? Mark only one box.
[ ] 2 Single
[ ] 3 Married
[ ] 4 Divorced
[ ] 5 Widowed
[ ] 6 Separated
[ ] 9 Don't know