United States of Mexico
XI General Census of Population and Dwellings, 2000
National Institute of Statistics
Geography and Information
1. Geographic Identification
Federal entity ____ [ _ _ ]
Municipality or delegation ____ [ _ _ _ ]
Code of AGEB [ _ _ - _ ]
Location ___ [ _ _ _ _ ]
Block number [ _ _ _ ]
Segment [ _ ]
2. Control of dwelling and form
Consecutive number of the dwelling [ _ _ _ ]
Number of the household [ _ ]
Total number of households in the dwelling [ _ ]
Total number of forms for the dwelling [ _ ]
Page in the packet [ _ _ _ ]
3. Address of the dwelling
Street, avenue, alley, highway, road ____
Exterior number ____
Interior number ___
Colony (neighborhood or sub-division) ___
4. Control of the packet
Page in the packet [ _ _ _ ]
Consecutive number of the form in the packet [ _ _ ]
5. Class of dwelling (Circle one answer only)
2 Apartment in a building
3 Dwelling or room in a tenement
4 Dwelling or room on a roof top or terrace
5 Not built for habitation
6 Mobile home
7 Shelter
6. Name of responsible parties
Name of the census taker ___
Name of the Leader of the census takers ____
Representative of AGEB ___
Verifier ___
3. Control of dwelling and forms
4. Number of persons/list of persons
5. Shared budget, number of households/control of dwelling
6. List of persons/ characteristics of the persons
7. Sex, age/number of children
8. International migration
INEGI. Information for the public
Call toll free (01) 800 491 0100. In Aguascalientes, 9 10 53 63.
Characteristics of the dwelling
1. Walls
What material are most of the outer walls made of in this dwelling?
Circle only one answer.
2 Cardboard sheet
3 Metal or asbestos sheets
4 Reed, bamboo or palm
5 Clay or clay covered sticks
6 Wood
7 Adobe
8 Brick, block, stone or cement
2. Roof
What material is the majority roof of the dwelling made of?
Circle only one answer.
2 Cardboard sheet
3 Metal or asbestos sheet
4 Palm, tejamanil, or wood
5 Tile
6 Concrete block, wood, brick, or terraced with wood
3. Floors
What material is the majority of the floor made of in the dwelling?
Circle only one answer.
2 Cement or similar
3 Wood, tile or other covering
4. Kitchen
Does this dwelling have a room for cooking?
Circle only one answer.
2 No (continue with number 5)
Do people sleep in the room for cooking?
Circle only one answer.
4 No
How many rooms are used for sleeping without counting hallways?
Without counting the hallways or bathrooms how many total rooms are in this dwelling? Count the kitchen
6. Access to water
Read all of the options until you get an affirmative answer.
Circle only one answer.
2 Running water outside the dwelling but on the land
3 Running water from a public faucet or hydrant
4 Running water that is carried from another dwelling
5 Tanked in by truck
6 Water from a well, river, lake, stream or other
Answers 3, 4, 5, 6 continue with number 8
7. Water supply
How many days of the week is water available?
Circle only one answer.
2 Every third day
3 Twice a week
4 Once a week
5 Occasionally
Answers 2, 3, 4, 5, continue with number 8
When water is supplied: Circle only one answer.
2 Part of the day
8. Toilet
Does this dwelling have any of the following: toilet, a pit, a latrine, a black pit, or well?
Circle only one answer.
2 No (Continue with number 11)
9. Exclusive use
Is the toilet for the exclusive use of the persons of this dwelling? Circle only one answer.
2 No
10. Water Connection
For this toilet:
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.
2 Flushed with water in a bucket
3 Cannot be flushed
11. Wastewater Drain
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.
Does this dwelling have drains or sewers for black waters?
2 Connected to a septic tank
3 A pipe that feeds into a pit or trench
4 A pipe that feeds into a river, lake or ocean
5 No drain
12. Electricity
Is there an electrical light in this dwelling? Circle only one answer.
2 No
13. Fuel
What fuel is most commonly used for cooking food in this dwelling?
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.
2 Wood
3 Charcoal
4 Petroleum
5 Electricity
14. Ownership
Is the dwelling owned by someone who lives here?
Circle only one answer.
4 Totally paid for
5 Another situation
7 Loaned, caretakers or another situation
15. Age
How long ago was this dwelling built?
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
2 One to five years
3 Six to ten years
4 Eleven to twenty years
5 Twenty-one to thirty years
6 Thirty-one to fifty years
7 Over fifty years
16. Goods in the dwelling
In this dwelling they have:
Read all of the options and circle the code of all answers
[All options have answers yes and no. The first number corresponds to an affirmative answer and the second number corresponds to a negative answer.]
Radio or radio recorder
2 No
Television
4 No
Video cassette
6 No
Blender
8 No
Refrigerator
2 No
Washing machine
4 No
Telephone
6 No
Water heater (boiler)
8 No
Car or van or light truck owned by the occupants of the dwelling
2 No
Computer
4 No
The trash from this household:
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
2 Is deposited in a container or a trash can
3 It is thrown in street or empty lot
4 It is thrown in a ravine or gully
5 It is thrown in a river, lake or ocean
6 They burn it or bury it
If answered 5 and 6 continue with section two
How many days of the week does the trash service pick up trash?
Circle only one answer.
2 Every third day
3 Twice a week
4 Once a week
5 Occasionally
6 Never
II. Residents, households and list of persons
1. Number of persons
How many persons normally live in this dwelling counting small children and the elderly? (also count the servants that sleep here)
2. Common expenses
Do all of the persons who live in this dwelling have a shared budget for food?
Circle only one answer.
2 No
3. Number of households
How many households, or groups of persons, have separate budgets for food counting your own?
When the dwelling has more than one household or group of persons, use a form for each household starting with the list of persons.
4. List of persons in the household
Please give the name of the persons who live in your household, beginning with the head of household; include the names of small children and the elderly (include the servants who sleep here):
Person 1 ____ Write the name of the head of household
Person 2 ____
Person 3 ____
Person 4 ____
Person 5 ____
Person 6 ____
If there are more than six persons in the household, use another form and continue the list.
Copy the name of all the persons in the spaces for the name in section three and ask the questions using the name of each of the persons.
III. Characteristics of the person
I am going to ask the questions about (name) person 1_____Write the name of the person.
1. Relationship
What is the relationship with the head of household?
If it is the head of household, confirm it and circle only one answer.
2 Spouse or companion
3 Son or daughter
Other
2. Sex. Circle only one answer.
2 Woman
3. Age
How many years has this person completed?
If this person is less than one year old write 000
4. Place of birth
In what state of the Republic was this person born?
In another state:
In another country:
5. Insured
This person has the right to medical service in:
Read all of the answers and circle the affirmative answers.
2 ISSSTE
3 Pemex, defense or navy
Other institution?
4 No right to medical services
6. Type of disability
This person has limitation for:
Read all the options and circle the affirmative responses.
2 Using arms and hands
3 Is deaf or uses a hearing aid
4 Is mute
5 Is blind or only sees shadows
6 Has some retardation or mental deficiency
7 Has other physical or mental limitation.
8 Has no physical or mental limitation (Continue with number 8)
7. Cause of the disability
This person has the disability because:
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
2 Illness
3 Accident
4 Old age
Another cause.
8. Use of health services
When this person has health problems where does he or she get assistance?
Circle only one answer.
2 In the ISSSTE
3 In Pemex, defense or navy
4 In the health center (SSA)
5 In the IMSS-Solidaridad
6 In a doctor's office, clinic, or private hospital
7 In another place.
8 Does not get help
Ask only if this person is five years old or more
9. Place or country of residency in 1995
Five years ago, in January of 1995, in what state of the Republic or country did you live?
In another state
In another country
10. Reason for emigration
Why did this person move away from____(The place or country in question number 9?)
Circle only one answer.
2 Went to join the family
3 Changed place of work
4 Went to study
5 Got married or formed a consensual union
6 For health reasons
7 Because of violence or insecurity
8 Other cause
11. Municipality of residency in 1995
In what municipality did this person live in 1995?
Other municipality
12. Indigenous language
Does this person speak a dialect or indigenous language?
Circle only one answer.
2 No
If the answer is No continue with question number 13
What dialect or indigenous language does the person speak?
Does the person also speak Spanish? Circle only one answer.
4 No
13. Literacy
Does this person know how to read and write a message? Circle only one answer.
4 No
14. Attendance
Does this person go to school? Circle only one answer.
2 No [2]
For persons five to twenty-nine years old
15. Reasons for dropping out of school
What was the main reason that this person stopped going to school? Circle only one answer.
1 Didn't want to or didn't like to study
2 Lack of money or had to work
3 Got married or formed a consensual union
4 School was very far away or there was no school
5 Family did not allow this person to study or because he or she had to help in the household activities
6 Finished studies
7 Other reason
For person five years old or more
How many grades or years did the person pass in school?
Write the number of the last grade attained and circle the level code.
1 Pre-school or kindergarten_____
2 Elementary _____
3 Secondary school _____
4 College preparatory _____
5 Teacher training _____
6 Technical or commercial studies _____
7 Professional _____
8 Post-graduate_____
Answers 0, 1,2,3,4 continue with question number 19; answers 5, 6, 7 continue with question 17.
17. Educational history
To enter the course of schooling (teaching, technical, commercial or professional) what schooling was a prerequisite? Circle only one answer.
2 Secondary completed
3 Preparatory completed
18. Name of the field
What is the name of the course of study (education, technical, commercial, professional, masters, or doctorate)?
19. Religion
What is the religion of this person? Circle only one answer.
2 Catholic
3 Other religion
20. Ethnic identity
This person is Nahuatl, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, or other indigenous group?
Circle only one answer.
2 No
For persons twelve years old or more
21. Marital Status
Currently this person is:
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.
2 Separated
3 Divorced
4 Widowed
Married
6 Only with religious ceremony
7 With civil and religious ceremonies
22. Economic activity status
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
Last week, this person:
2 Had a job but didn't work (Continue with question 24)
3 Looked for work
4 Is a student
5 Does housework
6 Retired
7 Permanently incapacitated to work (Continue with question 31)
8 Didn't work
23. Verification of economic activity
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
In addition to (answer to question 22), Last week this person:
2 Sold some product
3 Made some product to sell
4 Helped working in the field or with animal husbandry
5 In exchange for pay the person did another type of activity? For example washed or ironed someone else's clothing or watched cars
6 Did not work (Continue with question 31)
24. Occupation or job
What did this person do in his or her work last week?
What is the name of his or her occupation, work or job title? For example: farm laborer, elementary school teacher, traveling sales person
25. Work condition
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response.
Circle only one answer.
2 Day laborer or peasant
3 Boss (hires workers)
4 Self-employed
5 Unpaid laborer in a family business or land
Answers 3, 4, 5 continue with question 27
26. Work benefits
Does this person receive for his or her work?
Read all of the options and circle the number according to the answer.
[Circle the first number if the answer is yes, circle the second number if the answer is no]
Paid vacations
2 No
Christmas bonus
4 No
Profit sharing
6 No
Medical services (IMSS, ISSSTE, or other)
8 No
Pension or retirement savings (SAR or AFORE)
2 No
27. Hours worked
In total, how many hours did this person work last week?
28. Income from work
In total how much money did this person earn or receive for his or her work?
Write the amount received in pesos and the period. If he or she did not receive income write 0 in the space for period.
Period:
2 Bi-weekly
3 Monthly
4 Yearly
$ _ _ _ , _ _ _ Write the amount
[ _ ] Write the period
29. Economic activity
Where did the person work last week? For example in the field, in a factory, in a mechanic shop.
What is the main activity of the business, land, company, institution or place where the person worked?
30. In what municipality is the business, company or place where the person worked located?
In another municipality
31. Other income
In total how much money did this person earn for:
Read all of the options and circle the code according to the answers. In the affirmative categories, ask "How much did you earn" and write the amount received in pesos and the period.
Period:
2 Bi-weekly
3 Monthly
4 Yearly
[Circle the answer, the first number is affirmative, the second number is negative]
Retirement or pension
2 No
How much?
____ Write the period
Help from relatives who are in another country [3-4]
4 No
How much?
____ Write the period
Help from relatives who are in this country [5-6]
6 No
How much?
____ Write the period
Procampo or Progresa
8 No
How much?
____ Write the period
Other types of scholarships, investments or bank interest
2 No
How much?
____ Write the period
For women who are twelve years old or more
32. Number of children
In total how many sons or daughters have you had that were born alive?
If none, write 00 and continue with the next person
33. Children who have died
Of the children that were born alive, how many have died?
If none write 00
34. Surviving children
How many of the daughters or sons are still alive?
If none write 00
35. Date of birth
In what month and year was the last son or daughter born (live birth)?
Write the month and year
____ Year
36. Surviving children
Is the last son or daughter that was born still alive? Circle only one answer.
2 No
37. Age at death
At what age did the son or daughter die? Write only one answer in days or months or years
If the son or daughter lived less than one day, write 00 in days
Months_____
Years _____
1. Condition of international migration
In the last five years, which means from January 1995 to the present, has a person who lives or lived with you (in this household) gone to live in another country? Circle only one answer.
2 No (End of the interview)
2. Number of persons
How many people?
Give the names of each of the persons that went to live in another country from January 1995 to the present. Write the name of each person in the space for question four, list of persons
4. List of persons
Person 1
When this person left, did he or she live with you? Circle only one answer.
2 No (Continue with the next person)
Was this person a woman or a man? Circle only one answer.
2 Woman
How many years had this person completed when he or she left the last time?
If he or she was less than one year old write 000
In what state of the Republic did this person live when he or she left the last time?
9. In what month and year did this person leave to live in another country for the last time?
Write the month and year
Year_____
What country did this person go to?
Another country
In what country does the person currently live?
If the country is not Mexico, continue with the next person
In what month and year did the person return to the Republic of Mexico?
Write the month and year
Year_____
[Same questions to person 3, 4 and so on]
If there are more than four international migrants in the household use another form and continue.
Confidentiality
According to the dispositions of Article 38 of the Law of Statistical and Geographical Information currently in effect, " the data and information that individuals provide for statistical uses or that are provided by administrative or civil registries, will be managed, for the effects of this law, under the principles of confidentiality and reserve and cannot be communicated, in any case, in list or individualized format, nor will they be used as proof by any administrative or fiscal authority, in or out of any court."
Obligatory
According to Article 42, first paragraph of the Law of Statistical and Geographical Information currently in effect, "the interviewees will be obliged to provide correct and timely data and information that is requested by competent authorities for statistical, census, and geographical uses, and to assist and cooperate with said authorities."