Republic of Paraguay
National Census of Population and Housing 2002
The information is strictly confidential and is guaranteed by Article 14 of Decree Law Number 11.126 of February 20th, 1942.
[General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses
Planning Technical Secretariat]
____ Dwelling order number
____ Household order number within the dwelling
Chapter A. Geographic location
1. Geographic identification (copy the information shown on the cover of your folder).
____ b. District
____ c. Sector
____ d. EA
____ e. Block
____ House number
____ Floor
____ Apartment
Chapter B. Dwelling information
a. Private dwelling
[] 12 Rented room
[] 13 Apartment or suite (floor) in a building
[] 14 Other
b. Collective dwelling (group quarters)
[] 22 Hotel or boarding house
[] 23 Religious community
[] 24 Hospital, health center or post
[] 25 Boarding school
[] 26 Retirement or nursing home
[] 27 Orphanage
[] 28 Prison or juvenile reformatory
[] 29 Other
c. [] 31 Homeless person
For responses 21 through 31, skip to chapter D
b. Unoccupied
[] 3 For rent or sale
[] 4 In commercial or professional use
[] 5 Weekend home
[] 6 Abandoned
[] 7 Under repair or construction
[] 8 Other reason
[Question 3 through 14 were asked of occupied private dwelling with members present]
3. What is the predominant material in the exterior walls?
[] 2 Wood
[] 3 Wattle [estaqueo]
[] 4 Adobe
[] 5 Cement block
[] 6 Palm trunk
[] 7 Cardboard, rubber, pallet wood
[] 8 Doesn't have walls
[] 9 Other
4. What is the predominant material in the floor?
[] 2 Brick
[] 3 Common floor tile
[] 4 Cement (lecherada)
[] 5 Mosaic, ceramic tile, granite, marble
[] 6 Wood board
[] 7 Parquet
[] 8 Carpet
[] 9 Other
5. What is the predominant material in the roof?
[] 2 Straw
[] 3 Fibrocement or similar (eternit)
[] 4 Zinc sheet
[] 5 Wood plank
[] 6 Reinforced concrete or bovedilla
[] 7 Palm trunk
[] 8 Cardboard, rubber, pallet wood
[] 9 Other
6. How is garbage usually removed?
[] 2 Collected by a garbage truck or car
[] 3 Thrown in a pit
[] 4 Thrown in the yard, vacant land, zanja or street
[] 5 Thrown in the chacra
[] 6 Thrown in a stream, river, or lagoon
[] 7 Other
7. Is there electric lighting?
[] 2 No
8. What is the principal source of the water used in the dwelling?
[] 2 Unpumped well
[] 3 Pumped well
[] 4 Private system
[] 5 Dike [tajamar], spring, river, or stream
[] 6 Cistern
[] 7 Other source
9. Water arrives at the dwelling via...
[] 2 Piped inside the dwelling?
[] 3 Public tap?
[] 4 Neighbor?
[] 5 Vendor? [aguatero]
[] 6 Other means?
10. Where does the water used for drinking come from?
[] 2 Is being paid for in installments?
[] 3 Is a property in a condominium?
[] 4 Is rented?
[] 5 Is lent, being cared for?
[] 6 Is de facto occupied?
For responses 4, 5 or 6, skip to question 13
12. The lot or property where this dwelling is built...
[] 2 Is being paid for in installments?
[] 3 Is public or municipal?
[] 4 Is rented?
[] 5 Is ceded?
[] 6 Is de facto occupied?
13. Do all of the people who live in this dwelling share the cost of food?
[] 2 No
14. How many households are there in this dwelling?
Chapter C. Household information
[Question 15 through 27 were asked of private or multi-households dwellings]
15. How many rooms are for the exclusive use of this household?
____ Number of rooms
16. In this household, how many rooms are used for sleeping?
17. Does this household have a...
[] 2 Refrigerator?
[] 3 Installed telephone line?
[] 4 Cellular telephone?
[] 5 Washing machine?
[] 6 Video/DVD?
[] 7 Hot water heater?
[] 8 Air conditioner
[] 9 Automobile or light truck?
[] 10 Motorcycle/motor scooter?
[] 11 Parabolic antenna?
[] 12 Cable TV?
[] 13 Microwave oven?
[] 14 Computer?
[] 15 Computer connected to the internet?
[] 16 Does not have any of these goods.
18. For cooking, does the household use mostly...
[] 2 Gas?
[] 3 Charcoal?
[] 4 Electricity?
[] 5 Kerosene, alcohol?
[] 6 Other?
[] 7 None, don't cook?
19. Is there a bathroom [toilet]?
[] 2 No - Skip to question 22
20. How many bathrooms does it have?
21. The toilet wastewater goes to...
[] 2 Septic tank?
[] 3 Public system (sewer)?
[] 4 Surface of the earth, stream, river, etc.?
22. When speaking among themselves, the members of this household habitually use...
[] 2 Spanish
[] 3 Portuguese
[] 4 German
[] Indigenous language (specify) ____ _ _
[] Other language (specify) ____ _ _
23. During 2001, did any person who lived with you die?
[] 6 No - Skip to chapter D
24. In which month did that person die?
25. What was this person's age at death?
26. The person who died was...
[] 6 Female
[] 2 During labor
[] 3 Up to two months after giving birth
[] 4 During another time or for another reason
Chapter D. List of persons who spent the night in the household
28. What are the names and surnames of the people who spent "last night" in the household on the day of the census?
[10 lines follow, with space for the information under the following headings:]
____ Order number
____ Names and surnames
____ Relationship to head of household
If there are more than 10 people in the household, continue on another form, copying the order number of the dwelling and of the household, and the geographic location
29. Summary of the people who spent the night in the household.
____ 1. Number of males who spent the night in this household
____ 2. Number of females who spent the night in this household
____ 3. Total number of people who spent the night in this household
Fill in after completing the interview with each member of the household:
____ 4. Number of people under age 18 (0 to 17) who spent the night in this household
____ 5. Number of people 18 and older who spent the night in this household
1. For each person, copy the order number, name and surname from the "list of persons who spent the night in the household." Chapter D question 28.
____ Name and surname
2. Mark the family relationship to the head of the household. Chapter D question 28.
[] 2 Spouse or partner
[] 3 Son or daughter
[] 4 Stepchild
[] 5 Grandchild
[] 6 Son- or daughter-in-law
[] 7 Father/mother
[] 8 Parent-in-law
[] 9 Other relative
[] 10 Non-relative
[] 11 Domestic employee or their family member
[] 6 Female
4. What is your age in years completed?
5. Was your birth recorded in a civil registry or court; i.e., do you have a birth certificate?
[] 2 No
[] 3 Doesn't know
[] 2 Foreign?
[] 3 Paraguayan and foreign?
[] 4 Don't have
Enumerator: Keep in mind the following instructions for questions 7, 8 and 9:
a. Mark "in this place" if referring to the same district in which the person is being enumerated;
b. Mark "in another place" if referring to another district, and specify the name of the district, whether it is a city/town or company [compañía]/colony [colonia]/indigenous community, and the name of the department.
c. If you marked "in another country," write the name of the country.
7. Where do you currently live?
[] 2 In another part of the country
[] 1 City/town
[] 6 Company [compañía]/colony [colonia]/indigenous community
____ Department
8. Where did your mother live when you were born?
[] 1 In this place - Go on to chapter F
[] 2 In another part of the country
[] 1 City/town
[] 6 Company [compañía]/colony [colonia]/indigenous community
____ Department
_ _ _ _ Year of arrival
If a tourist, write 8888
_ _ _ Disability
_ _ _ Disability
_ _ Ethnicity
For those 5 years of age and older
9. Where did you live 5 years ago, that is, in August of 1997?
[] 2 In another part of the country
[] 1 City/town
[] 6 Company [compañía]/colony [colonia]/indigenous community
____ Department
10. Have you ever attended a school or institution of regular schooling?
[] 6 No - Go on to question 16
11. Are you currently attending a school or institution of regular schooling?
[] 6 No
12. What is the highest level and grade (cycle) or course you have completed?
[] 2
[] 3
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 8
[] 9
[] 10
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
For all of the above answers, skip to question 16 [from special education to grade 5 of secondary]
[] 6
[] 7
For these two answers [grade 6 or 7], go on to question 13
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
13. Are you studying did you study any higher education degree or major (university or non-university)?
[] 6 No - Skip to question 16
14. Did you complete the higher education degree or major (university or non-university)?
[] 6 No
15. What is the name of the higher education degree or major (university or non-university) that you studied or are studying? ____ _ _ _ _
16. What languages or tongues do you speak?
[] 2 Spanish
[] 3 Portuguese
[] 4 German
[] 5 English
[] 6 French
[] 98 Doesn't speak
[] Indigenous language (specify) ____ _ _
[] Other language (specify) ____ _ _
For individuals 10 years of age and older
[] Other (specify) ____ _ _
[] 02 Doesn't have one
18. What is your current marital or civil status?
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single
19. During the last week, did you do any work, even if it was just for one hour?
[] 6 No
20. During the last week, did you have a job but not work due to illness, leave of absence, vacation, or other reason?
[] 6 No
21. During the last week, did you engage in any odd jobs or trade (changa), make any product for sale, whether inside or outside the dwelling, perform any services, or help anyone in his or her work, business, or farm (chacra)?
[] 6 No
22. Have you looked for work during the last 4 weeks?
[] 6 No - Skip to question 24
[] 6 No - Skip to chapter H
24. Why did you not work during the last week? (Primary reason)
[] 2 Student
[] 3 Retired
[] 4 Pensioner
[] 5 Rentier
[] 6 Doing obligatory military service
[] 7 Physical or mental disability
[] 8 Other situation
For all of the above answers, skip to Chapter H
25. What is (or was) your principal occupation in your work? Specify the duties. ____ _ _ _ _
26. What does the place where you work or worked primarily make or do? ____ _ _ _ _
27. In this job, are (or were) you a...
[] 2 Unpaid family worker?
[] 3 Owner/boss?
For the above answers, skip to question 30
[] 4 Domestic employee? - Skip to chapter H
[] 5 Employee or laborer?
28. Do you work (or did you work) in the...
[] 6 Private sector? - Skip to question 30
[] 2 Contract functionary
Skip to chapter H
30. How many people work in the company or business?
[] 2 2 to 5 people
[] 3 6 to 10 people
[] 4 11 to 50 people
[] 5 More than 50 people
[] 7 Doesn't know
For women 12 years of age and older
31. Have you had a son (or daughter) born alive?
[] 6 No - Go on to the next person
32. How many total sons and daughters born alive have you had?
33. How many sons and daughters are currently alive?
34. Of those sons and daughters born alive, how many have died?
35. What was the date of the birth of your last son or daughter born alive?
____ Month
____ Year
Enumerator if there are no more people to be enumerated in this household, ask the questions in Chapters I and J which appear at the end of this form.
Enumerator do not forget to ask the following questions before leaving the dwelling.
Chapter I. Disability information
36. Is there any person in this household who has a permanent physical or mental disability? ... Such as for example:
[] 6 No - Go on to Chapter J
[] 1 Paralysis or diminished strength (kangy) of legs or arms
[] 2 Missing a part of the body
[] 3 Deaf (hears nothing)
[] 4 Does not hear well, needs or uses a hearing aid
[] 5 Mute (doesn't speak)
[] 6 Speaks with great difficulty
[] 7 Blind in both eyes (sees nothing)
[] 8 Blind in one eye
[] 9 Sees poorly, even with glasses
[] 10 Down syndrome (mongoloid)
[] 11 Mental retardation
[] 12 Crazy (dementia)
Write down the cause of the impediment
[] 1 Born this way
[] 2 Because of an illness
[] 3 Because of an accident
[] 4 Due to aging
[] 5 Specify if for another reason
Chapter J. Indigenous population information
37. Is there any person in this household who considers him or herself indigenous or belonging to an indigenous ethnicity?
[] 6 No - End of the interview
Write down the indigenous ethnicity that the person belongs to ____
Aché'ñe'e, Angaité, Ava-guaraní ñe'e, Ayoreo, Enlhet norte, Enxet Sur, Guaraní occidental ñe'e, Maká, Manjui, Maskoy, Mbya ñe'e, Nivacié, Nandeva ñe'e, Pai ñe'e, Sanapaná, Toba, Toba-qom, Tomáråho, Ybytoso