Republic of Uruguay
Ministry of Economy and Finances
General Committee of Statistics and Censuses
General Census
1975
A. Identification
1. Department ____ _ _
2. Location or locality
Category (indicate if it is a city, villa, village, town, etc.) ____ _ _ _
3. Census section ____ _ _
4. Segment ____ _ _
5. Area
[] 2 Rural
6. Zone ____ _ _ _ _ _
7. Order number of the enumerator within the zone _ _
8. Address
____ No.
____ Floor
____ Apt
9. Order number of the dwelling
B. Condition of occupation of the dwelling
[] 2 Occupied with absent inhabitants (Only fill out section D)
[] 3 Seasonally unoccupied (Only fill out section D)
[] 4 Other unoccupied (for rent, sale, etc.) (Only fill out section D)
[] 5 Other (specify) ____ (Only fill out section D)
C. Homes in the dwelling
Only for occupied dwellings
Private home
[] 2 No, first home
[] 3 No, second, third, etc.
D. Type of dwelling
[] 12 Apartment
[] 13 Apartment or room in a school, workshop, office, etc.
[] 14 Shack
[] 21 Tenement house
[] 22 House made of waste material
[] 23 Trailer, wagon, tent, etc.
[] 24 Dwelling in a building not meant for residential purposes.
[] 25 Other (specify) ____
[] 32 Boarding house
[] 33 Other (specify) ____
E. Information of the private dwelling
Only for first or single homes
1. Exterior walls of the dwelling, predominant materials
[] 2 Wood, zinc, fibre cement
[] 3 Mud ("terrón" [earth with grass], adobe, "fagina" [wood lathe and mud])
[] 4 Tin or waste material
[] 5 Others (specify) ____
2. Origin of the water of the dwelling
[] 2 Well
[] 3 Tank, pipe
[] 4 Other (river, stream, etc.)
3. System of supply of water to the house
By pipes outside of the dwelling:
[] 3 Fewer than 100 meters off the property
[] 4 More than 100 meters
4. Lighting service of the dwelling
[] 2 Other electric source
[] 3 Not electric
F. Information about the private home
1. Order number of the home within the dwelling
2. Sanitary service: W.C., taza turca [type of toilet at ground level], latrine, etc.
[] 2 Has - without flush (latrine)
[] 3 Does not have
2.1 Use of the sanitary service
[] 2 Shared use with other homes
[] 0 Does not apply (doesn't have sanitary service)
2.2 Sewage disposal
[] 2 Septic tank, cesspool
[] 3 Other (hole in the ground, surface, etc.)
[] 0 Does not apply (doesn't have sanitary service)
3. Shower or bath service
[] 2 Has - only cold water
[] 3 Does not have
3.1 Use of the shower or bath
[] 2 Shared use with other homes
[] 0 Does not apply (doesn't have shower/bath)
4. Kitchen
[] 2 Has - without installations
[] 3 Does not have
4.1 Use of the kitchen
[] 2 Shared use with other homes
[] 0 Does not apply (doesn't have kitchen)
5. Principal fuel used for cooking
[] 2 Electricity
[] 3 Kerosene
[] 4 Other
[] 0 None
6. Tenancy of the home
[] 2 Lessee, sub-lessee
[] 3 Sharecropper or medianero
[] 4 Usufructuary
[] 5 De facto occupant
[] 6 Other (specify) ____
7. Rooms of the home
For the use of the office
_ _ Women
_ _ Total
[] 2 Nuclear
[] 3 Extended
[] 4 Compound nuclear
[] 5 Compound extended
[] 6 Compound other
[] 9 Not known
_ _ Women
_ _ Total
(I) General characteristics (for all people)
1. What is the name and surname of every person who slept in this home last night?
________
2. What relation or relationship do you have with the head of household?
[] 1 Spouse or companion
[] 2 Child
[] 3 Son/daughter-in-law
[] 4 Parents or mother/father-in-law
[] 5 Other relatives
[] 6 Domestic service
[] 7 Others not related
[] 8 Members of a collective home
[] 9 Not known
3. Are you man or woman?
[] 1 Man
[] 2 Woman
4. How old are you?
For those younger than 1 year, write "0".
5. What is your current civil or married state?
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Free union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Widowed from free union
[] 7 Separated from free union
[] 8 Single
[] 9 Not known
6. In what locality or place do you live habitually?
If they live in "Another place in this country", specify the department and locality.
If they live habitually "Abroad", write down the country.
[] 00 001 Here
[] In another place in this country
Locality ____
Questions 7 and 8 are asked only for those who live habitually in this country.
7. In what locality or place did you begin living habitually when you were born?
If it was "Another place in this country", specify the department and locality.
If it was "Abroad", write down the country and the year that they came to Uruguay to live here habitually.
[] 00 001 Here
[] In another place in this country
Locality ____
Year of arrival in Uruguay _ _ _ _
8. In what locality or place did you live habitually on this date five years ago?
If it was "Another place in this country", specify the department and locality.
If it was "Abroad", write down the country.
[] 00 001 Here
[] In another place in this country
Locality ____
(II) Educational characteristics (for people age 6 or older)
9. Do you or did you attend any establishment of regular education?
[] 1 Attends
[] 2 Does not attend but attended
[] 3 Never attended
[] 9 Not known
Questions 10-13 [are] only for those who attend or attended establishments of regular education.
10. What is the highest level you attend or attended in establishments of regular education?
A.
[] 2 Secondary, first cycle (high school)
[] 3 Secondary, second cycle (preparatory, 4th 5th year of private high school)
[] 4 Teacher school
[] 5 Military
[] 7 University of the Republic [public]
[] 8 Other (specify the institution) ____
11. Did you finish this level?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Not known
12. What is the last grade or year passed in this level?
If the first year was not passed, mark "0"
[] 0
[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 8
[] 9 Not known
13. What is the major or career that you study or studied?
Write the name of the major or career.
[] 999 Not known
14. Do you know how to read and write?
If they only read or only write, mark "No".
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Not known
(III) Occupational characteristics (for people age 12 or older)
15. Of the following types of activities, what did you do last week?
Box 11 should be marked when a remunerated activity has been done or when it is a non-remunerated family worker who worked more than 15 hours last week.
A.
[] 12 You did not work because of leave, sickness, or strike but you have employment
[] 21 You did not work because of being suspended, on maternity leave or because of being a harvest or seasonal worker
[] 22 You looked for work having worked before
[] 41 You are retired/ pensioned and did not work
[] 42 You are a rentier and did not work
[] 43 You studied and did not work
[] 44 You took care of the home only
[] 45 Other (specify) ____
[] 99 Not known
Questions 16-18 are asked only for those who answered under part "A" of question 15 [who are employed or have been employed and are looking].
16. What is the occupation, profession or office that provides you the largest income?
____
[] 999 Not known
17. What is principally done in the establishment in which you work or worked the last time?
____
[] 999 Not known
18. Of the following, what is the category in the occupation that you indicated?
[] 1 Employer with employees at your charge
[] 2 Worker for your own account
[] 3 Public employee or worker with paycheck or salary
[] 4 Private employee or worker with paycheck or salary
[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker
[] 6 Member of a production cooperative
[] 7 Other (specify) ____
[] 9 Not known
(IV) Other characteristics (for women 15 years old or older)
19. Have you had children born alive?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Not known
Questions 20 and 21 are asked only for women who had children born alive.
20. Of the children that were born alive,
How many live in another place?
How many died?
Ask in the order indicated and write it down with detail. Verify the total number.
If she answers "None", write down "0".
_ _ Number of children who live in this house
_ _ Number of children who live in another place
_ _ Number of children who died
_ _ Total
21. Of them, how many were born in the last 12 months?
If she answers "None", write down "0".
_ _ Number of children born alive in the last 12 months