Republic of Paraguay
National Census of Population and Housing
August 26th, 1992
[Technical Planning Secretariat of the Republic President's Office
General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses]
Information is strictly confidential and is guaranteed by the article 14 of the Decree Law number 11.126 of December 2nd, 1942
Section I. Geographic location
4. ____ Neighborhood
____ Block
____ E.A.
____ E.A.
7. ____ Company [compañía]
9. ____ Indigenous community
Section II. Dwelling information
For the first household or for the only household
1. Dwelling type
A. Private dwelling
[] 12 Farm (rancho)
[] 13 Apartment or suite/floor in a building
[] 14 Rented room
[] 15 Improvised dwelling
[] 16 Other ____
B. Collective dwelling (group quarters)
[] 22 Boarding school
[] 23 Military or police post
[] 24 Hospital
[] 25 Asylum (or old-age home?)
[] 26 Prison or reformatory
[] 27 Religious community
[] 28 Other ____
For responses 21 through 28, skip to question 24
2. Occupancy
[] 1 With people present
[] 2 With people absent
[] 3 Summer or weekend home
[] 4 Commercial or professional use
[] 5 For rent or sale
[] 6 Other reason ____
For responses 2 through 6, end the interview here.
[Questions 3 to 13 are asked of occupied households with present members]
3. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?
[] 2 Adobe
[] 3 Wattle [estaqueo]
[] 4 Wood
[] 5 Discarded materials: cardboard, rubber, packing crate wood, etc.
[] 6 Other ____
4. What is the predominant material in the floor?
[] 2 Brick
[] 3 Common floor tile
[] 4 Mosaic, ceramic tile, granite
[] 5 Cement
[] 6 Wood
[] 7 Other ____
5. What is the predominant material in the roof?
[] 2 Straw
[] 3 Palm
[] 4 Wood
[] 5 Metal sheet
[] 6 Fibrocement or similar
[] 7 Reinforced concrete or bovedilla
[] 8 Discarded materials: cardboard, rubber, packing crate wood, etc.
[] 0 Other ____
6. Where does the water used by the dwelling come from?
[] 2 Private system
[] 3 Well with pump
[] 4 Well without pump
[] 5 Spring, river or stream
[] 6 Tank truck/vendor
[] Other ____
7. Is there water?
[] 2 Outside the dwelling but within the yard?
[] 3 Off the property?
8. What type of lighting is there in the dwelling?
[] 2 Motor or generator
[] 3 Gas lamp
[] 4 Petromax or "Sol de Noche" lamp
[] 5 Kerosene lamp (Mbopi)
[] 6 Lampium, candle and/or oil lamp
9. How is garbage removed?
[] 2 Incineration or burial in pits
[] 3 Thrown in the yard
[] 4 Thrown in a stream or river
[] 5 Thrown in vacant lot, trench [zanja], street, etc.
10. The lot or land on which the dwelling is built is?
[] 2 Private property
[] 3 De facto occupied (squatted)
11. In what ownership status is the dwelling occupied?
[] 2 Paying in installments
[] 3 Property-owner in a condominium
[] 4 Renter
[] 5 De facto occupant (without permission)
[] 6 Neither owns the property nor pays rent
12. Do the people who live in this dwelling eat from a common cook pot; that is, do they share the cost of food?
[] 6 No
13. How many households or groups of people are there in this dwelling?
1992 Census
Section III. Household information
Fill in one form for each household
[Question 14 through 24 were asked of occupied households with present members]
14. Write the order number for this household
15. How many rooms does this household have? (Don't include the kitchen or bathroom)
16. How many rooms are used for sleeping?
17. Is there a room for cooking?
[] 6 No, doesn't have
18. What is usually used for cooking?
[] 2 Charcoal
[] 3 Gas
[] 4 Electricity
[] 5 Kerosene, alcohol, etc.
19. Where is cooking done?
[] 2 Over a brazier or fireplace
[] 3 Over an economical stove [cocina económica]
20. Is there a separate room for bathing?
[] 6 No, doesn't have
21. What type of bath or toilet facilities are there?
[] 2 Modern bath connected to public system
[] 3 Municipal-type latrine
[] 4 Common latrine
[] 5 None
22. Does this dwelling have a ?.?
Radio
[] 0 No
Sewing machine
[] 0 No
Refrigerator
[] 0 No
Television
[] 0 No
Washing machine
[] 0 No
Air conditioner
[] 0 No
Electric water heater in showerhead
[] 0 No
Hot water heater (tank)
[] 0 No
Telephone
[] 0 No
Automobile or light truck
[] 0 No
Motorcycle or motor scooter
[] 0 No
Bicycle
[] 0 No
Horse
[] 0 No
Carriage, wagon, or cart
[] 0 No
23. What language do the people in this household speak among themselves?
[] 01 Only Guaraní
[] 02 Spanish and Guaraní
[] 03 Only Spanish
____ Indigenous language (specify)
____ Other language (specify)
24. Summary of all the people in the household
If using more than one form for this household, complete the summary only on the first form, including all the people in this household.
____ 2. How many females are there in this household?
____ 3. How many people total are there in this household?
Fill in after completing the interview with every person in the household:
____ 5. People 18 years of age and older in this household
____ Signature
Date:
_ _ Month
_ _ Year
Supervisor
____ Signature
Date:
_ _ Month
_ _ Year
Section IV. Population information
I am now going to write down the name and surname of each person who spent the night of the 25th to the 26th of August, 1992 in this household, beginning with the head and continuing with the rest of the individuals, in the following order: spouse or partner, adult and minor children, married children, sons-and daughters-in-law, grandchildren, other relatives, non-relatives, domestic personnel, and their families.
Enumerator: At the same time as you write the names and surnames you should mark the relationship to the head, and sex, of each member of the household. Then ask the rest of the questions of each of the persons. If there are more than nine people in the household use another form and repeat on it the same form number followed by the word "Cont." (continued) and copy the data from the geographic location section.
[Questions 1 through 21 in this section consist of a table, with the following headers and spaces for the data of two separate people. Except for the question on relationship to head of household, the questions and response options for both individuals are identical and only one set is printed here.]
[Headers:]
Questions
Number
First person 1
Second person 2
1. First names
____
Surnames
____
2. What is your relationship to the head of the household?
First person:
[] 1 Spouse, partner
[] 2 Son or daughter
[] 3 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 4 Grandson or granddaughter
[] 5 Parents or parents-in-law
[] 6 Other relative
[] 7 Not related
[] 8 Domestic employee or his/her family member
Second person:
[] 2 Son or daughter
[] 3 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 4 Grandson or granddaughter
[] 5 Parents or parents-in-law
[] 6 Other relative
[] 7 Not related
[] 8 Domestic employee or his/her family member
3. Are you a man or a woman?
[] 6 Woman
4. How old are you in years completed?
_ _ Years old
5. Do you have any physical or mental disability?
(Blind = doesn't see)
(Deaf = doesn't hear)
(Mute = doesn't speak)
(Paralyzed = doesn't walk)
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 Deaf
[] 3 Mute
[] 4 Paralyzed
____ Other
6. Is your mother alive?
[] 2 Dead
[] 3 Doesn't know
7. Where were you born?
Mark "here" if born in this place, if not, mark "other place" and write the name of the district and the department. If born abroad, write the name of the country and the year of arrival as a permanent resident in Paraguay. (If a tourist, write 98 in "year of arrival")
[] 1 Here
[] 6 Other place
____ Department or country
_ _ Year of arrival
8. Where do you currently live?
[] 1 Here
[] 6 Other place
[] 1 City/town
[] 6 Countryside
____ Department or country
For persons 5 years of age and older
9. Where did you live 5 years ago, that is, in August of 1987?
[] 1 Here
[] 6 Other place
[] 1 City/town
[] 6 Countryside
____ Department or country
10. What is the last grade or course of study completed?
Secondary level: Includes basic, high school, social sciences, commercial, technical, normal and business school.
Superior level: teacher-training, military, and police training.
[] 0 None
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
11. Do you currently study at an establishment of regular schooling?
[] 1 Yes
[] 3 Because of problems related to the school
[] 4 For other reasons
For individuals 10 years of age and older.
12. What is your religion?
[] 2 Catholic
Other ____
13. What is your current marital status?
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single
14. Did you work the greater part of last week?
[] 01 Worked
[] 02 Did not work, but had a job
[] 03 Looked for work and had worked before
For responses 01 through 03, ask questions 15 through 17
[] 04 Looked for a first job
[] 05 Did household duties
[] 06 Is a student
[] 07 Lived from investment income
[] 08 Is retired or a pensioner
[] 09 Obligatory military service
[] 10 Other situation
[Questions 15 through 17 were asked persons 10 years and over who worked, did not work but were employed or looking for work]
For responses 04 through 10, skip to 18
15. What is (or was) your principal occupation in your job? ____
16. In this job, are (or were) you a:
[] 2 Manual or day laborer
[] 3 Owner or employer
[] 4 Own-account or independent worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Domestic employee
17. What does the company, business or institution where you work (or worked) do or make? ____
Only for women 14 years of age and older
18. Have you given birth to any children who were born alive?
[] 6 No - Go on to the next person
[Questions 19 through 21 were asked to females 14 years and above who ever had any live birth]
19. How many living sons and daughters do you currently have?
[] 00 None
20. How many sons and daughters born alive have died?
[] 00 None
21. On what date did you have your last son (or daughter) born alive?
____ Month
____ Year