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National Institute of Statistics
Bolivian Republic of Venezuela
XIII General Census of Population and Dwelling
Census 2001

Census Questionnaire

Protected under Statistical Secret.

Section I. Identification of the dwelling


1. Federal entity ____
2. Municipality ____
3. Parish ____
4. Population Center ________
5. Segment number _ _
6. Section number _ _
7. Block number _ _

8. Order number of the dwelling _ _ _
9. Subdivision or neighborhood ____
10. Street or avenue ____
11. Name or number of the dwelling ____
12. Date of the interview:

Day _ _
Month _ _
Year 2001

13. Is this the continuation of another questionnaire?

[] Yes -- Continue with section IV
[] No

Section II. Information about the dwelling


1. Type of dwelling

[] A. Family

[] Mansion
[] Ranch or primary house on a ranch
[] House
[] Apartment in building
[] Apartment in a ranch, a primary house on a ranch, or a house
[] Neighborhood house [attached urban housing]
[] Farmhouse
[] Refuge
[] Other type

[] B. Collective

Code _ _
Total number of persons in the collective dwelling [_ _ _ _ ]

Continue with section VI



2. Condition of occupancy

[] Occupied with the inhabitants present
[] Occupied with the inhabitants absent
[] Unoccupied (end of the interview)
[] Under construction (end of the interview)


3. This dwelling is used:

[] Permanently
[] Occasionally (end of the interview)


4. Predominant construction materials of the exterior walls

[] Plastered block or brick
[] Un-plastered block or brick
[] Concrete
[] Lumber, Formica, fiberglass and similar
[] Plastered adobe, mud brick, mud/cane
[] Un-plastered adobe, mud brick, mud/cane
[] Other (palm, boards, or similar)



5. Predominant material of the roof

[] Platabanda (a metal structure covered with roofing material or ready for creating a second/third story)
[] Clay tiles
[] Asphalt tiles
[] Metal sheeting [zinc and similar]
[] Asbestos and similar
[] Other (palm, boards, or similar)



6. Predominant flooring materials

[] Marble, tile, granite, vinyl, ceramic, brick, clay tile, parquet, carpet, and similar
[] Cement
[] Dirt
[] Other



7. The kitchen is located in:

[] A room by itself
[] Living room, dining room
[] Other location



8. The fuel normally used for cooking is:

[] Gas
[] Electricity
[] Kerosene
[] Other (firewood, charcoal, etc.)



9. Water is delivered to this dwelling by:

[] Aqueduct or pipeline
[] Tank truck
[] Public faucet or tank
[] Well with pipes or pump
[] Protected well or spring
[] Other means (creeks or streams, rivers, ditches, rainwater)



10. How many rooms does this dwelling have in total? _ _

(Do not include bathrooms, corridors, balconies, kitchen nor laundry areas)



11. How many bathrooms with a tub or shower does this dwelling have? _ _


12. This dwelling has:

[] A toilet connected to a sewer
[] A toilet connected to a septic tank
[] A toilet not connected to a sewer or septic tank
[] An outhouse with a hole or a latrine
[] Does not have a toilet or outhouse



13. This dwelling has the following available:

Electrical service

[] Yes
[] No

Telephone line

[] Yes
[] No



14. In this dwelling, the trash:

[] Is collected by the urban sanitation service
[] Is deposited in a collective container
[] There is not urban trash service


Section III. Number of households

1. How many persons reside in this dwelling?

[] Only one person
(One census household, continue with section IV, composition of the household)
[] Two or more persons

2. Do these persons maintain separate expenses for buying food?

[] Yes
[] No
(One census household, continue with section IV, composition of the household)


3. How many groups of persons maintain separate budgets for buying food? _ _

Each group of persons forms a census household. Continue the interview for the first census household in this same questionnaire. For the rest of the households, use another questionnaire and do the following. Write the same data in the section I "Identification of the Dwelling", questions 1 to 8 and continue the interview in section IV "Composition of the Household".


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Section IV. Composition of the household

Only for habitual residents of this household.


1. Households in this dwelling:

This is household number _ _ of _ _: Write the total number of households in the dwelling.


2. How many persons in this household reside in the dwelling, whether they are present or not at this moment?

Total number of persons _ _
Include the small children (male and female) and the elderly (male and female).

3. What is the last name and given name of each of the persons in this household?

Write the names of each person and his/her relationship to the head of household (male or female) and the sex of each person in the following order:

Head of household (male or female).

Spouse or companion.

Sons/daughters/ or stepson/stepdaughters who are unmarried and do not have children, in order from eldest to youngest.

Sons/daughters or stepsons/stepdaughters who are divorced, separated, or widowed, with children living with him/her, writing each of these children next.

Sons/daughters or stepsons/stepdaughters who are married or in a consensual union, and who live in this household, writing the name of the spouse next and then their children.

Other relatives of the head of household (male or female) (father, mother, father/mother-in-law, brothers/sisters, uncles/aunts, nephews/nieces, brother/sister-in-law, and then their family members.

Persons not related to the head of household, male or female, (friends, etc.) and then their relatives.

Domestic servants and then their children.
Person number _ _
Lasts names and name____
Relationship to the head of household (male or female) ____

What is the sex?

[] Man
[] Woman
If there are more than seven persons in the household, use another questionnaire to list them and enumerate them.

Total _ _

4. I have listed the following persons (read the names out loud).

Do any of these persons habitually reside in another dwelling?

[] Yes
Consult the rules of residence in the manual and if the person is not a resident, cross this person off of the list.
[] No

5. Is there any person that I have not noted who habitually resides here, but who is not present at the moment because of vacations, work, illness, or any other cause?

[] Yes
Consult the rules of residence in the manual and if the person is not a resident, cross this person off of the list.
[] No

Observations: ________

Section V. Information about the household


1. For this household, the dwelling is:

[] Owned and paid for completely
[] Owned and mortgaged: monthly payment _. _ _ _. _ _ _. 00
[] Rented: monthly payment _. _ _ _. _ _ _. 00
[] Loaned
[] Other condition



2. How many rooms are used by this household for sleeping? _ _


3. Does the head of household have a partner?

[] Yes
[] No

Continue with question 5



4. How many persons aged one year old or more sleep in the same room as the head of household and his/her partner? _ _


5. How many bathrooms with tubs or showers are available for exclusive use of this household? _ _


6. Does this household have any of the following vehicles for personal use?

[] Bicycle
[] Motorcycle
[] Car

How many cars? _ _

[] None



7. In this household, are there persons under 18 years old?

[] Yes
[] No

Continue with question 9



8. How many of these persons under 18 years old have not been registered in any civil registry, legal court, municipal registry, consulate, hospital, clinic, walk-in-clinic, etc.? _ _


9. This household has the following:

Refrigerator
[] Yes
[] No


Water filter
[] Yes
[] No


Radio
[] Yes
[] No


Television
[] Yes
[] No


Wash machine
[] Yes
[] No


Dryer
[] Yes
[] No


Hot water heater
[] Yes
[] No


Air conditioner
[] Yes
[] No


Microwave oven
[] Yes
[] No


Cellular telephone
[] Yes
[] No


Cable TV
[] Yes
[] No


Computer
[] Yes
[] No


Internet access
[] Yes
[] No

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Section VI. Individual characteristics

Person number: __ of __
Last name and given name: ________

For all of the persons:


1. Relationship to the head of household (male or female); transcribe from question 3, Section IV.

[] Head of household (male or female)
[] Spouse or companion (male or female)
[] Son/daughter or stepson/stepdaughter
[] Grandson or granddaughter
[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[] Father, mother, father/mother-in-law
[] Brother/sister, brother/sister-in-law
[] Nephew/niece
[] Other relative
[] Not related
[] Domestic service
[] Relative of domestic service
[] Person in a collective dwelling



2. Sex (transcribe from question 3, Section IV)

[] Man
[] Woman



3. What is his/her date of birth and completed age in years?

Date of birth:

Day _ _
Month _ _
Year _ _ _ _

Age: _ _ _

[] Less than one year: _ _ months



4. Was he/she born in Venezuela?

[] Yes
[] In this same state
[] In another state in the country. Which?

[] Federal District
[] Amazonas
[] Anzoátequi
[] Apure
[] Aragua
[] Barina
[] Bolívar
[] Barabobo
[] Cojedes
[] Delta Amacuro
[] Falcón
[] Guárico
[] Lara
[] Mérida
[] Miranda
[] Monagas
[] Nueva Esparta
[] Portuguesa
[] Sucre
[] Táchira
[] Trujillo
[] Vargas
[] Yaracuy
[] Zulia
[] Federal Dependencies

Continue with question 7 [if the person was born in another state within Venezuela.]

[] No: continue with question 5



5. Born in another country:

[Question 5 was asked of persons born outside Venezuela.]

Year of arrival in Venezuela? _ _ _ _

Which country?

[] Argentina
[] Bolivia
[] Brazil
[] Chile
[] Columbia
[] Ecuador
[] Spain
[] Guyana
[] Italy
[] Peru
[] Portugal
[] Dominican Republic

Province, department, region, or state [of the above countries] ________

[] Other country

Which? ____



6. His/her current legal nationality is:

[Question 6 was asked of persons born outside Venezuela.]

[] Venezuelan, by naturalization (naturalized): Continue with question 9
[] Venezuelan, born in another country, son/daughter of father and/or mother who is/are Venezuelans by birth or naturalization: Continue with question 9
[] Foreigner: Continue with question 9



7. Are you a member of any indigenous population?

[] Yes

Which? ____

[] No: Continue with question 9



8. Do you speak the language of this indigenous population?

[] Yes
[] No



9. Do you have any of the following deficiencies, problems, or disabilities?

[] Total blindness
[] Total deafness
[] Mental retardation
[] Loss or disability in upper extremities
[] Loss or disability in lower extremities
[] Other
[] None



10. Do you require the use of a wheelchair?

[] Yes
[] No



Only for persons three years old or more
[Questions 11- 19 were asked of persons age 3 and older.]

11. In October, 1996, where did you reside?

[] Had not been born: Continue with question 14
[] In this same municipality: Continue with question 14
[] In another municipality in the country
[] In another country: Continue with question 13


12. In which municipality and state did you reside in October, 1996?

Municipality: ____ Continue with question 14
State: ____ Continue with question 14



13. In which country did you reside in October, 1996?

Country: ____



14. Do you know how to read and write?

[] Yes
[] No



15. Do you currently attend, as a student, any preschool, basic, middle, technical middle, special, upper technical, or university level educational establishment?

[] Yes
[] No: Continue with question 17



16. The educational establishment that you attend is:

[Question 16 was asked of persons age 3+ who currently attended an educational establishment, per question 15.]

[] Official
[] Private



17. What was the highest grade, year, or semester that you passed and at what educational level?

[] None
[] Grade or year

[] Preschool: Continue with question 20
[] Basic (1-9)/ Elementary (1-6): Continue with question 20
[] Special education: Continue with question 20
[] Middle (1-2): Continue with question 20
[] Technical middle (1-3): Continue with question 20
[] Baccalaureate [college preparatory] (1-5): Continue with question 20

[] Upper-level technical

Year _
Semester _ _

[] University

Year _
Semester _ _



18. Have you obtained any higher education degree?

[] Yes

Which? ____

[] No: Continue with question 20



19. Have you done any post-graduate studies?

[] Yes
[] No


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Only for persons 10 years old and more
[Questions 20- 35 were asked of persons age 10 and older.]


20. You current marital status is:

[] Consensual union
[] Married
[] Single
[] Separated from a consensual union or marriage
[] Divorced
[] Widowed from a consensual union or marriage



21. Last week you were:

[] Working: Continue with question 23
[] Not working, buy had a job ? Continue with question 23
[] Looking for work, having worked previously ? Continue with question 23
[] Looking for work for the first time
[] Doing housework
[] Studying and not working
[] As a pensioner or retiree
[] Permanently incapacitated for work
[] Other situation



22. During last week, in your house or outside of your house, did you carry out any activity for which you received or will receive a payment in money or in kind? (for example: sewed, cooked, sold clothing, washed cars, cleaned shoes, etc)?

[] Yes
[] No: Continue with question 35



[Questions 23-34 were asked of persons age 10+ who currently carry out activity for which they received or will receive payments, per question 22.]


23. What is the principal job or type of work that you do (or did) in the company, organism, or business where you work (or worked)? (For example: taxi driver, lawyer, farmer, medical visitor (representative of pharmaceutical companies), teacher, secretary, etc.) ____


24. What is the primary activity of the company, organism or business, where you carried out your primary work? (For example: passenger transportation, furniture factory, coffee farming, higher education, etc.) ____


25. How many persons work (or worked) in this company, organism, or business?

[] 1
[] From 2 to 4
[] 5
[] From 6 to 10
[] From 11 to 20
[] From 21 to 100
[] More than 100


26. What is the name of the company, organism, or business where you work (or worked)? ____


27. This business, organism, or company where you work (worked) is:

[] Private
[] Public administration: Continue with question 29



28. Does this business or company where you work (or worked) have a Mercantile Registration?

[] Yes
[] No
[] Don't know



29. In this work, you are (or were):

[] Employee or worker

[] Full time
[] On contract
[] Occasional

[] Self-employed worker (who does not have employees or workers)
[] Employer or owner
[] Member of a cooperative
[] Unpaid family helper
[] Domestic service



30. You do your work (or did your work):

[] Inside your dwelling
[] In a space next to your dwelling
[] In an exclusive space or location
[] In the street (hawker or sidewalk stall)
[] In a kiosk
[] In the market
[] In a vehicle
[] Door-to-door service



31. Do you receive or have you received any occupational training for the job that you do (or did)?

[] Yes
[] No



32. How many hours did you work last week in all of your jobs (or the last week that you worked)?
Total hours: _ _


33. How much did you earn in all of your jobs in the past month (or the last month that you worked)?

[] Bolivars _._ _ _._ _ _,00
[] Did not receive income: Continue with question 35



34. Under which payment system do you receive (did you receive) your income in your principal job?

[] Monthly
[] Weekly
[] Daily





35. Did you receive income last month for any of the following concepts, and how much?

[] Rent
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Pension
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Retirement
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Public or private scholarships
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Public or private assistance
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Unemployment insurance
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Alimony
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] Other
_._ _ _._ _ _,00

[] None




For all women 12 years old or more
[Questions 36- 38 were asked of women age 12 and older.]


36. How many children who were born alive have you had in total?

[] Total of sons and daughters _ _
[] None: end of interview



37. In what month and year was your last son or daughter born (born alive)?

Month _ _
Year _ _ _ _



38. Of the total number of sons and daughters born alive, how many are currently alive?

[] Currently alive _ _
[] None
[] Don't know


[Pages 3 and 4 are repeated as pages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16. The only change is that each two-page form for the persons 2 through 7 has different serial numbers.]