Tenth National Census of Population and Sixth of Housing
May 14th, 2000
Republic of Panama
Comptroller General
Directorate of Statistics and Census
Questionnaire Number ____
Household Number ____
The information requested is confidential
Decree-law No. 7, February 25th, 1960
I. Location of the Dwelling
2. District ____
3. Judicial Precinct ____
4. Segment ____
5. Block number ____
6. Locality ____
7. Neighborhood or Vicinity ____
8. Street or Avenue ____
9. Building or House ____
10. Room or Apartment number ____
For Office Use:
Questionnaire number _ _
Household number _
Block _ _ _
Locality _ _ _ _
Neighborhood or Vicinity _ _ _ _
1. Dwelling Type
[] 02 Private semi-permanent
[] 03 Improvised
[] 04 Apartment
[] 05 Room in a tenement (casa de vecindad)
[] 06 Place not intended for habitation but used as a dwelling
Without dwelling
[] 08 Indigent (skip to Chapter IV)
2. Condition of the dwelling
[] 2 With occupants absent
Unoccupied:
[] 4 Under repair or construction
[] 5 Summer home
[] 6 Other reason
3. How many households reside in this dwelling?
Households ____
4. Is your dwelling . . . (read)
[] 2 Rented?
_ _ _ _ B/. (monthly payment)
[] 4 Ceded?
[] 5 Condemned?
[] 6 Other?
5. How many rooms does the dwelling have?
Number of rooms _ _
5a. Of these, how many are only for sleeping?
6. What is the predominant material in the outside walls of the building or house?
[] 2 Wood (planks, boards)
[] 3 Clay-covered plant fiber (quincha), adobe
[] 4 Metal (zinc, aluminum, etc.)
[] 5 Straw, palm leaves, cane, sticks
[] 6 Other materials
[] 7 Without walls
7. What is the predominant material in the roof of the building or house?
[] 2 Tile
[] 3 Fiber-cement tiles (Tejalit, Panalit, Techolit)
[] 4 Metal (zinc, aluminum, etc.)
[] 5 Treated [coated] wood
[] 6 Straw or palm
[] 7 Other materials
8. What is the predominant material in the floor of this dwelling?
[] 2 Wood
[] 3 Earth
[] 4 Other (cane, sticks, waste materials)
9. Where is drinking water principally obtained from?
[] 02 Public Community aqueduct
[] 03 Private aqueduct
([For responses 01 - 03,] continue with question 10)
[] 04 Sanitary (treated) well
[] 05 Uncovered Spring
[] 06 Rainwater
[] 07 Surface (superficial) well
[] 08 River or stream
[] 09 Cistern truck
[] 10 Other
([For responses 04 - 10,] skip to question 12)
10. Are the drinking water installations within the dwelling?
[] 2 No
11. With what regularity does the dwelling have a supply of drinking water?
During the dry season?
[] 1 24 hours per day
[] 2 Part of the day
[] 3 Occasionally
During the rainy season?
[] 4 24 hours per day
[] 5 Part of the day
[] 6 Occasionally
12. What type of lighting does the dwelling have?
[] 2 Community Electric
[] 3 Own electric (generator)
[] 4 Kerosene or Diesel
[] 5 Gas
[] 6 Other
13. In what period was the dwelling built?
[] 2 Between 1990 and 1995
[] 3 Between 1996 and 2000
[] 4 Doesn't know
14. How is garbage waste removed from this dwelling?
[] 2 Private collection truck
[] 3 In vacant land
[] 4 River, stream or sea
[] 5 Incineration or burning
[] 6 Burial
[] 7 Other method
15. Is part of the dwelling used exclusively for any economic activity?
Important:
1. Use one questionnaire for each household and proceed in the following manner:
b. For the rest fill in all the chapters, except II, Dwelling Information.
16. Does this household have toilet facilities . . .
[] 2 Connected to sewer system?
[] 3 Connected to a septic tank?
[] 4 None? (Skip to question 18)
17. The use of the toilet facilities is . . .
[] 2 Shared with other households?
18. In this dwelling, what cooking fuel is used most often?
[] 2 Wood
[] 3 Charcoal
[] 4 Kerosene
[] 5 Electricity
[] 6 No cooking
19. Does this household possess a . . .
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
20. During the last ten years, has any member of this household left to live permanently in another country?
____ 1. Name of the person
____ 2. Left in what year? _ _ _ _
____ 3. Went to which country? _ _ _
_ _ 4. Age at time of departure?
____ 5. Sex (male or female) _
21. Between May 15, 1999 and today, has any member of this household died?
____ 1. Name of the person
_ _ 2. Age at death
3. Sex (male or female)
[] 1 Male
[] 2 Female
Tell me the names and surnames of all of the people who slept in this dwelling last night, beginning with the head of the household. (Include, as well, those who did not sleep here and were not housed in another place.)
[Questions 1-5 appear in a table, with space to fill in answers for 8 individuals]
1. Person number
[01 thought 08]
2. Name(s) and surname(s) (the first person in the list should be the head)
3. Sex
[] Female
4. Does someone in this dwelling have a physical or mental disability?
5. Does any indigenous person live here?
If there are more than eight people in the household, use an additional questionnaire and continue the list of occupants.
Comments on the Dwelling information, the Household and the List of Occupants: ________
Verify that everyone who appears in the list of occupants has been enumerated, and fill in the following table:
Males ____
Females ____
Information for Person number 01
For all individuals in the household
[Questions 1 - 9 were asked of all individuals.]
3. What is your age in years completed?
Date of birth
Month ____
Year ____
4. What is your current marital status?
[] 2 Separated from a marriage?
[] 3 Separated from a consensual union?
[] 4 Married?
[] 5 Divorced?
[] 6 Widowed?
[] 7 Single?
[] 8 Under 15 years of age?
"If in the list of occupants the name of the person has a mark in circle 1 ('yes') in questions 4 (physical impediment) and 5 (indigenous group), ask these questions. Otherwise, mark 'none'."
5. What type of physical or mental impediment do you have?
[] 1 Blindness
[] 2 Deafness
[] 3 Mental retardation
[] 4 Cerebral Paralysis
[] 5 Permanent physical disability
[] 6 Other
[] 7 None
6. To which indigenous group do you belong?
[] 02 Ngoba
[] 03 Bugle
[] 04 Teribe
[] 05 Bokota
[] 06 Emberá
[] 07 Wounaan
[] 08 Bri Bri
[] 09 None
7. Where did you mother live when you were born?
____ In a different locality (specify)
____ District
____ Province
_ _ _ _ _
([If this option is selected,] go to question 9)
____ In another country? (specify) _ _ _ _ _
(Continue with question 7a)
7a. In what period did you arrive in Panamá . . .
[] 2 Between 1990 and 1995?
[] 3 Between 1996 and today?
8. Where do you live permanently . . .
____ In a different locality? (specify)
____ District
____ Province
_ _ _ _ _
([If this option is selected,] go to question 9)
[] 9998 In another country? (End the interview here)
9. Where did you live before coming to live in this place?
____ In another place (specify)
____ Province
____ In another country (specify)
_ _ _ _ _
(Go to question 9a)
9a. In what period did you arrive in this place. . .
[] 2 Between 1990 and 1995?
[] 3 Between 1996 and today?
VI. Educational characteristics
For individuals 4 years of age and older.
[Questions 10 -11 were asked of persons aged 4 and older.]
10. Do you currently attend school?
[] 2 No
11. What was the highest grade or school year you passed?
[] 02 Preschool
[] 03 Special education
1 _ Primary
[For any response above,] (Go on to question 12)
2 _ Vocational
3 _ Secondary
4 _ Superior non-university
5 _ Superior University
6 _ Post-graduate
7 _ Master's degree
8 _ Doctorate
[For any response above,] (Skip to question 13)
VI. Educational Characteristics:
For individuals 10 years of age and older
[Question 12 -13 were asked of individuals 10 years of age and older.]
12. Are you able to read and write?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (Skip to Section VII)
13. What degree or diploma do you possess?
_ _ _ _
[] 0001 None
VII. Economic Characteristics:
For individuals 10 years of age and older
[Questions 14-23 were asked of persons aged 10 and older.]
14. Did you work last week or have a job from which you were temporarily absent?
[] 2 No (continue with question 15)
15. Did you look for work last week?
[] 2 No (continue with question 16)
16. Did you look for work during the last three months?
[] 2 No (continue with question 17)
17. What was the reason for not looking for work last week?
[] 2 Looked before and waiting to hear
[] 3 Impossible to find work
[For responses 1-3,] (Continue with question 18)
[] 4 Retired or pensioner
[] 5 Student
[] 6 Household worker or housewife [explicitly feminine]
[] 7 Rentier
[] 8 Other condition
[For responses 4-8,] (Skip to question 20)
18. What occupation, position or job did you do week or the last time you worked?
________ (specify the occupation)
_ _ _ _
[] 9998 Never worked (Skip to question 23)
19. Where do you work or where did you work the last?
________
20. What does this business, establishment, company or institution, where you work or worked, do?
_ _ _ _
21. Do you work or did you work the last as a . . .
[] 02 Employee of a private company?
[] 03 Employee of the Canal Commission or Defense Sites?
[] 04 Employee of a not-for-profit institution?
[] 05 Domestic servant?
[For responses 1-5,] (Continue with question 22)
[] 06 Independent or own-account?
[] 07 Owner or employer?
[] 08 Family worker?
[] 09 Member of a production cooperative?
[For responses 6-9,] (Skip to question 23)
22. Are you or were you employed . . .
[] 2 Contracted for a specific job?
[] 3 On a fixed contract?
[] 4 On an indefinite contract?
23. What was your income last month from:
a. Wage or crude salary? _ _ _ _
b. Income from independent or own-account work? _ _ _ _
c. Sales of agricultural and livestock produce? _ _ _ _
d. Retirement or pension? _ _ _ _
e. Scholarships or family assistance? _ _ _ _
f. Rental income, investments or subsidies? _ _ _ _
g. Other income? _ _ _ _
23a. Income:
[] 2 No, doesn't have
[] 3 Undeclared
VIII. Fertility and Mortality Characteristics
For women 12 years of age and older
[Questions 24-25 were asked of women aged 12 and older.]
24. How many sons and daughters have you had born alive?
[] 00 None (Go on to the next individual)
25. Of these, how may are alive?
Only for women between 12 and 49 years of age, who have declared live births:
[Questions 26-27 were asked of women aged 24 - 49 who have born live children.]
26. Of your sons and daughters born alive, were any born during the last 12 months?
Date of birth:
Month ____
Year ____
[] 2 No (Go on to the next individual)
27. Is this son or daughter alive?
[] 2 No
Information for Person number [02 through 08]
Name(s) and surnames____
[Below we reproduce the portions of the individual form for persons 02-08 which differ from that for person 01]
For all individuals in the household
1. What is your relationship to the head of the household?
[] 3 Son or daughter
[] 4 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 5 Grandchild or great-grandchild
[] 6 Father or mother of the head
[] 7 Father- or mother-in-law
[] 8 Other relative
[] 9 Not related
[The remaining of the form for person number 02 is identical to that for person number 01.]