Republic of Honduras
Presidential Commission for State Modernization
CPME (Initials in Spanish for the Presidential Commission for State Modernization)
XVI Population Census and
V Dwelling Census 2001
Handbook for the Enumerator
[Table of contents is omitted]
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I. Generalities about the census
1. What is a population and dwelling census
It is the set of operations destined to compile, process, analyze and publish statistical data related to the population, households, and dwellings in a determined moment.
2. For what is the population and dwelling census done?
The population and dwelling census is done with the goal of obtaining actualized data:
- Of the households and
- Of the persons
- To provide actualized statistical information that contributes to the formulation of politics and programs that tend to satisfy the basic needs of the population, with the goal of improving their living conditions.
3. Legal aspects
The Census is framed by the Law of the National Institute of Statistics (INE-initials in Spanish for the National Institute of Statistics), Legislative Decree Number 86-2000 of July 8, 2000. This article establishes in its article 25 that every natural and judicial person who is found in the country is obligated to provide the statistical data that is requested of him/her and cannot excuse himself/herself from this obligation.
4. Confidentiality of the information
Article 31 of this same Law establishes that the data will be strictly confidential and cannot be published in individual form, but as part of aggregated numbers according to criteria and categories of public interest.
5. Census period
This is the time in which the census is carried out. In the urban area it be five days and in the rural area it will be 8 days.
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II. Structure and organization of the census
[The original document includes a diagram below.]
2. Adjunct national director of the project
3. Departmental census office: departmental coordinator
[left-hand column]
6. Sector: head of sector
7. Segment: enumerator
[right-hand column]
9. Zone: head of zone
10. Sector: head of sector
11. Segment: enumerator
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III. General aspects about the census
1. Who is the enumerator?
The enumerator is the person responsible for requesting and obtaining through a direct interview, the data of the dwellings, the households, and the persons.
In the census structure, the enumerator depends on the sector head, which means that this person is his or her immediate boss.
The enumerator should be honest, responsible, respectful, collaborative, studious, and observant.
For the fulfillment of his or her functions, the enumerator is protected by law, which establishes sufficient guarantees and obligations for the normal development of the census activities.
2. Job duties of the enumerator
2.1 Before the enumeration
b) [The enumerator] will study all of this manual, filling out the census form, and the corresponding forms.
c) [The enumerator] will complete the three exercises in filling out the form.
b) To do a practice run of the route of the segment one day before the census, to become familiar with the topographic characteristics of the land.
c) To receive and review the documents and materials for carrying out the census tasks.
d) To consult any questions regarding the tasks with the sector leader.
b) To carry the badge with him or her that identifies him or her as a census enumerator.
c) To visit each of the locations or dwelling to request and register the data.
d) Before leaving the dwelling, the enumerator should review all of the data obtained and complete the registry of the segment route.
e) To report the problems encountered to the sector leader.
f) To take care of the census forms at all times, maintaining them free of stains, wet-marks, and tearing that affect their integrity.
g) After completing the segment route, verify that he or she has enumerated all of the dwelling of his or her segment.
h) Daily review carefully that all of the forms of the dwellings enumerated, verifying that:
-Each form completed with persons present has the number of the household registered in the geographic location.
-Each form completed has the data corresponding to the dwelling, the household, and the persons.
-The quantity of forms of dwellings enumerated corresponds to the total registry filled out in the route control.
c) To turn in all of the material, duly organized, to the sector leader and wait for instructions.
d) To request proof of participation in the census, which is indispensable for collecting the corresponding monetary compensation.
b) To divulge or comment the data provided by the informant.
c) To argue with or instill fear in the informants.
d) To carry firearms or sharp weapons and to wear any type of military, political, or political party clothing or insignia.
e) To ingest alcoholic beverages or any hallucinogenic drug.
f) To suggest answers to the informants.
g) To ask questions that are not part of the Census or to change the text of the questions on the Census Form.
h) To abandon his or her work before completing all of the corresponding interviews of the segment.
i) To fold, wrinkle, or stain the forms.
j) To use an ink pencil for filling out the census form.
k) To quit his or her designation as an enumerator.
l) To participate in public act or declaration that can reduce the prestige of the census.
b) In the case of repeat faults, the reprimand will be vigorous and in writing.
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c) When the fault is very serious, [the enumerator] will be fired immediately.
d) The administrative are without limiting the civil or penal responsibility that are merited.
5. Work documents and materials
The folder of the enumerator contains:
-Census forms
-Route control
-Census illustrations
-Pencil, eraser, and pencil sharpener
-Preliminary count of dwellings and persons
-Enumerator's handbook
IV. Census cartography
This is what graphically expresses the order and physical characteristics of the area of each segment.
1. Types of Cartography
The principal types of cartography are:
Census map: This represents extensive areas such as departments and municipalities and the location of cities, towns, and villages. At the same time, it represents the rivers, ditches, mountains, hills, highways, roads, bridges, etc. that exist in the area.
Census plan: This is characterized for giving urban details such as: the street plans, the buildings classified according to their use, and other reference elements that help with the orientation of the area.
Illustration [drawing]: This is the material which represents graphically without scale and with less precision that the plan. It is based on references that give geographic characteristics (natural or cultural). Generally, they are made for small areas where the dwellings are dispersed.
2. Importance of census cartography
2.1 For the enumerator they serve:
b) To prepare a route for enumerating the dwellings in the most convenient order.
c) To identify the total of the dwellings that are found within the limits of the segment.
d) To keep track of the enumerated dwellings and those that are still pending.
b) To determine the quantity of dwellings that the enumerator can enumerate daily.
c) To detect omission or duplication of dwellings.
d) To determine the necessity for logistic support (vehicles) for moving personnel.
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3. Symbolism
To know the symbols permit better interpretation of the cartographic material that will be used in the census.
On Maps:
[The original document includes a list of terms and illustration below.]
Symbolism
[First column]
Village with a drawing
Village without a drawing
Village with an illustration
Group of houses with a drawing
Group of houses without a drawing
Group of houses with an illustration
Elevation in meters
[Second column]
River
Ditch all of the time
Ditch during the rainy season
International border
Departmental border
Municipal border
[Third column]
School
Asphalt highway
Solid highway with gravel
Non-solid highway or dirt highway
Stone road or path
Number of complementary drawings
In the villages and groups of houses where there are few dwellings and that are generally disperse, the dwellings are represented on the municipal map, by dots.
On drawings:
[The original document includes a list of terms and illustration below.]
Symbolism
[First column]
Dwelling under construction
Commercial building
Commercial and dwelling
Two-story dwelling
Hotel or pension
Church
Restaurant
National police
Municipality
[Second column]
Gas station
Bank
Hospital, medical clinic
Government building
Industry
School
Park or plaza
Movie theater
Bridge
[Third column]
Sports field
River
Permanent ditch
Ditch only in the rainy season
Road or path
Departmental border
Municipal border
Border for neighborhood or housing group
4. Census segment
This is a geographic area that groups approximately seventy dwellings and exclusively delimits for census purposes. The census segment is composed of one or more blocks or one or more villages or hamlet.
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The borders of the segment are marked with red continuous lines, drawn over the natural elements (rivers, roads, forests) and/or cultural elements (highways, streets, avenues, paths) represented on the map or drawing, and easy to recognize. When there are no natural nor cultural references, then discontinuous lines are used to represent the border in an imaginary manner.
The segment is identified on the map or drawing with a number within a red circle.
Example 1: Description of urban segment 007, of the municipality of Santa Lucia in the department Francisco Morazán. This segment has 71 dwellings.
[The drawing 1 is omitted]
In the Northeast, you find block 10 in which 18 dwellings and the building of Hondutel [Honduran Telephone Company] are identified. In the Northeast, you find block 59, in which 19 dwellings, a sports field, a park, a school or kindergarten, a dwelling and commerce, the water tank, and a building with two or more floors in which, there is a building are identified. Identify the other blocks that make up the segment.
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Example 2: Below the cartography that includes the rural segment 008 of the Municipality of Santa Lucía is presented.
2.1 Municipal map of the municipality of Santa Lucia in which the segment 008 with 76 dwellings is identified.
[The map is omitted]
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2.2 Part of the drawing of the Village Zarabanda included in the rural segment 008 of Santa Lucía
[The map is omitted]
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2.3 El Portillo, Los Encinos, and Agua Podrida, included as part of rural segment 008.
[The map is omitted]
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5. Cartographic orientation
When you visit a group of houses or village for the first time, it is necessary that you identify the North. Do it in the following manner:
5.1 Using the sun
a) Locate the place where the sun comes up, which means the East or Orient.
b) Place yourself in front of the place where the sun comes up and indicate the North by raising your left arm to shoulder height.
c) Orient the arrow for North that is drawn on the map or drawing in such a way that it coincides with the North that you found by raising your left arm.
Once the enumerator has located the North, it is necessary that as he or she advances, he or she always maintains the North arrow of the cartography in the identified direction and advance or move only the body without changing the direction of the plan or illustration.
If [the enumerator] has difficulty in identifying the place where the sun comes up, then investigate with the residence of the community of said place and then follow the steps indicated above.
5.2 Using natural references
The North can also be determined as related to the references that exist in the land on which it is situated.
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For example, using the urban segment 007 of the municipality of Santa Lucia, we can utilize the Jose Cecilio del Valle School, which is located on block 61 as a reference. To identify the North, apply the following procedure:
[The map is omitted]
Stand in front of the building of the Jose Cecilio del Valle School, but on the street that leads to the municipal mayor's building.
Direct your view to the municipal mayor's building.
Turn the drawing until the North arrow is pointing toward the bar or dwelling with commerce number 4 of block 61.
If the school is on your right, this means that the North of this place is in front of you.
The steps indicated in this example should be done using one of the segments of the training place.
6. Elaboration of the plan for moving through the segment
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With the sector leader, prepare the plan for the segment route, applying the following procedure:
6.1 In the urban area
-The blocks that are included in the segment.
-The reference that exist in the segment.
c) Define the order in which the rest of the blocks will be enumerated, for example: First block 10, then block 59, etc.
d) In each block, define the starting point, marking it with a dot in the Northeastern corner.
b) Revise if the cartography exists for each of the groups of houses or villages.
c) Revise the segment borders.
d) Define which with group of houses the enumeration will begin.
e) Define the order for enumerating for each of the group of houses, for example: First group of houses A, then the group of houses B, etc.
f) In each group of houses define the starting point or beginning point. He/she can use a bridge, the intersection of the two streets, etc. as reference.
Both for the urban segment as well as the rural segment, [the enumerators] should program the probable quantity of dwellings to enumerate each day and set up the date, the time, and place where they should meet so that the sector leader supervises the work done.
The enumerator and the sector leader should go through the segment route before the day of the census to verify that the plan of the route prepared in the census office works or on the contrary, make the necessary adjustments. [They should] verify the segment borders; detect any omission of dwellings; detect the construction of new dwellings, and verify that the cartography coincides with what is found on the ground.
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7. Examples of the route for the enumeration of the urban segments
a) In all of the cases, the beginning point on the block will be the Northwestern corner.
[The illustration is omitted]
In the illustration, we identify four numbered corners within the circle; corresponding 1 to the Northwest, 2 to the Northeast, 3 to the Southeast, and 4 to the Southwest. Corner 1 was marked as the starting point, which is the Northwestern corner, starting with dwelling 1, we advance in the same direction in which the hands of a clock move, until we finish in dwelling 30, which means enumerating the dwellings that are found to the right of the enumerator.
b) In the interior of a room-house or boarding house or the interior of a block of houses.
[The illustration is omitted]
The route should be done walking in the opposite direction as that followed by the hands of a clock, to enumerate the dwellings that are on the right-hand side of the enumerator.
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c) In buildings wit more than one story
[The illustration is omitted]
The route in buildings that are used for apartments or offices should always begin on the highest floor, and from there go down the floors one-by-one until arriving at the basement.
d) In each floor of a building with an elevator or with steps.
[The illustration is omitted]
The route in each floor of the building should be done in the same form as a room-house or boarding house, leaving the elevator as is shown in the illustration and enumerating the dwellings that are to the right side of the elevator.
8. Control of the census route FORM CVP-01-EC
This is the form or box that serves for noting the occupied and unoccupied dwellings and other establishments along the segment route, and with this, keep control of the interviews that are done each day. Each segment will have one set of route control sheets that is comprised of two sheets, printed on both sides.
The geographic location and the columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16 should be completed before the interview.
The columns 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 should be completed after the interview.
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8.1 Instructions for filling out the control of the census route
Geographic location: Give the description of the segment found in the census folder, obtain the name of the department and municipality in the space left for this purpose. Also write the numbers of the area, zone, segment, and sector.
b. Recommendations for completing column number
2: In the segments of the urban area, write the name of the neighborhood or sub-division and in the segments of the rural area, write the name of the village or group of houses. These data are obtained from the printed illustration in the census folder and in the cartography of the segment.
3: When it corresponds, write the number of the block in which the registered commercial space or enumerated dwelling is found according to the map or drawing.
4: Write the code that identifies the use that is being given to the site; if it is a private dwelling, write number 1, for a collective dwelling write 2, and 3 for the site that is only used as a workshop, business, industry, etc. Whenever you write code 1 or 2, continue completing the next columns.
5: Write the number of the dwelling according to the effected route. This number should be written only for the private and collective dwellings in which you completed at least one form and should coincide with the registry on the census form.
6, 7, and 8: Write the day and month corresponding to the first, second, and third visit made to a dwelling or commercial site.
9: If you verify that the dwelling is unoccupied, write an X and continue with column 15.
10: If when you visit the dwelling, you find persons present and obtain the interview, write an X and continue with the next column.
11, 12, and 13: Write the total of persons, the total of men, and the total of women who reside in the dwelling. If in the dwelling there is more than one household, then you will obtain the total by adding up the total of persons who make up each of the households and continue with the next column.
14: Whenever in the first visit you find the dwelling occupied with persons absent, write X and in column 16 write the probable day and time for enumerating the dwelling. If on the next visit you enumerate the dwelling, then make a circle around the X that you made on the first visit and complete the corresponding data for columns 10 to 13 and in column 15 write an X.
15: Write an X for all of the private or collective dwellings in which you filled out at least one census form, independent of the condition of occupancy (dwelling occupied with persons present, dwelling occupied with persons absent or dwelling unoccupied for rent of sale, for temporary use, under repair, under construction, or other). You should also write an X for those dwellings that having visited them three times or more remain pending because the occupants are absent.
16: This column should be used to write the probable time and day for enumerating the dwellings that are pending because its members were absent the first time that you visited. For example: Return at 5 in the afternoon today.
In each page, add up vertically to obtain the total of unoccupied dwellings, occupied dwellings, total of persons, total of men, total of women.
To obtain the total of dwelling with absent persons, just add up the Xs that remained un-circled in column 14.
To obtain the total of dwellings in the segment, it is only necessary to add up the totals of the columns 9 + 10 + 14 of each page.
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8.2 Control of the segment route FORM CPV-01-EC
Republic of Honduras
Presidential Commission Presidential of Modernization of the State
XVI Population and Dwelling Census
Control of Census Route
A. Geographic Location
Municipality _ _
Area _
Zone _ _
Segment _ _ _
Sector _ _
Control Number ____
[Columns number 1-16]
Neighborhood, sub-division, village, or group of houses (in the urban areas write the name of the neighborhood or sub-division and in the rural area write the name of the village or group of houses)
Block number
Use
2. Collective dwelling
3. Workshop, etc.
Date of visit (write the day and month with numbers)
Second
Third
Occupied
Number of men
Number of women
Observations (write the probable day and time for enumerating the pending dwelling and any observation that you consider convenient)
[Tables of pages 22-24 are omitted]
Total of dwellings ____
Name of enumerator _____
Name of Sector Leader _____
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9. The enumerator on the census day
a) Presents himself or herself at the place and time indicated by the sector leader.
b) Moves to the block or group of houses that on the route plan was marked as the starting point for beginning the enumeration.
c) Identifies the type of site to be enumerated and registers it in the control of census route (form CPV-01-EC).
d) Carries out the census; which consists of completing the interviews and completing the census form.
e) Before moving on the following dwelling, you should revise the data to verify that the information was completed for all of the persons and that no question is left blank.
f) Paste the sticker on the enumerated dwelling.
g) Mark on the illustration or map each of the dwellings enumerated. For this, you can use a check mark.
h) In the urban area, follow the route for each block walking in the direction in which the hands of a clock move, until you finish at the starting point. This means that you are enumerating all of the dwellings that are on your right while you walk.
i) In the rural segments the route is done group of houses by group of houses, enumerating first the dwellings on one side of the road or street to the end and afterwards enumerating those of the other side, to avoid confusion or the risk of leaving dwellings that are not enumerated.
j) If on the census route you encounter dwellings not represented on the map, locate them in an approximated manner and assign the number that corresponds to the last one registered on the block, the village or group of houses, according to the numeration on the map.
k) If you encounter new housing groups in the segment, add them in dotted form on the segment map and draw the highways, roads, buildings, etc.
l) Check all of the forms completed during the day.
m) In the control of the census route, revise the dwellings that you should visit a second time for the enumeration, since initially they were pending because the members were absent.
n) In the case of any refusal, explain the objectives of the census and its obligatory character according to the law. If the refusal persists, inform the sector leader so that he can be the one to try to obtain the interview.
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V. Enumeration or census interview
In the interview we recognize three phases: presentation, development, and conclusion, the same that the enumerator should complete exactly and that are explained below:
1. Presentation [Introduction]
The introduction begins when the enumerator goes to the dwelling or commercial site and is attended by any of the members to whom the enumerator should:
b) Identify himself or herself as an employee of the census (enumerator), showing his or her identification card and credential if necessary.
c) Explain the motive of the visit.
d) Let the informant know that the information received is confidential.
e) Obtain a trustworthy environment in such a manner that you can overcome any fear or disinterest on the part of the informant. The security and natural manner in the treatment, good manners and the care taken at the moment of the interview are determinant elements in obtaining the necessary collaboration.
2. Development of the interview
The interview is the method through which the enumerator obtains from the informant the answer to each of questions presented on the census form, therefore, it is important that the enumerator:
2.1 Identify an adequate informant, which preferably should be:
- The companion of the head of household and
- In the absence of the two above mentioned, select a child [male or female] or a relative of the head of household [male or female] who is 15 years old or more and who knows the aspects related to the dwelling and the characteristics of the persons who form the household.
Whenever possible, it is preferable that the data about the characteristics of the persons are provided by each person.
2.2 Know the structure and each of the questions on the census form.
The census form is the instrument that contains the questions to obtain the data about the dwellings, the households, and the persons.
Each form is made up of:
- A third page that is repeated ten times for registering the data about the person individually (section F)
In the sections there are arrows, steps, or specific indications about what the enumerator should do after marking the answer to the question.
2.3 Apply the general recommendations for asking and the manner of registering the answers
b) When the interviewee does not understand a question, repeat it slowly and give a brief clarification.
c) The answers that you write with letters and numbers should be legible, so that they can be read later.
d) Never use abbreviations when you write the answers.
e) To mark an answer use an X.
f) Always mark one and only one option for the answer to each question, except in those cases which specifically indicate the contrary.
g) In the case where you make a mistake, correct it by completely erasing what is written without damaging the form and without leaving stains.
h) Differentiate the questions that are asked of men and which are asked of women.
j) If the informant tells you that he or she does not have time to provide the information, the enumerator should propose that the person indicate the time at which he or she can be interviewed.
2. Study the legal aspect on which the census is founded.
3. Answer: How do you identify where the North is in a village? In what does the segment route consist?
4. Following the examples of routes in letters a, b, c, and d, explained on pages 18-19, design a route for each one, changing the position of the forests.
5. What recommendations can you give for asking the questions and registering the answers on the form?
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Instructions for filling out the census form
Section A. Geographic location
This block of data is destined for individualizing each of the dwellings enumerated, for which it is important to complete it before you begin the interview. Never enumerate a dwelling without first completing this section.
Write:
- The name of the village, city or group of houses, neighborhood or sub-division, which is registered according to what the informant responds.
- The number of block is obtained from the map or illustration of the segment.
- If the segment contains dwellings from various groups of houses, be sure to complete the data only of the dwellings that are within a specific group of dwellings, before you move on to the next group of dwellings.
Number of dwelling the census route
Assign the number in correlative order as you go visiting each of the dwellings. For example, if all enumerate the first dwelling you write 001, when you enumerate the second you write 002, and continue until you complete the last dwelling of the segment. This number is exactly equal to what is registered in column 5 of the route control sheet. The number of the dwelling is assigned for the first time in which you visit the dwelling, independent of whether you do the census interview in this or subsequent visits.
Number of household
To each household in the dwelling you will assign a number in an independent form. When there are more one household, then the number is assigned in correlative form, maintaining the number of the dwelling.
Take into account that:
In those cases where you identify three households, then you will write 01 in the number of household in the first form; 02 on the second form; 03 on the third form and maintain the same dwelling number.
If the dwelling was found to have absent persons (after 3 visits) or unoccupied, then you will write 00 in the number of household.
If the form corresponds to a collective dwelling, then you should write 00 in the number of household.
Address
Write the exact address of the dwelling, requiring that you write the information about the avenue, street, area, block, number of the house according to the existing nomenclature and all reference that serves to locate it rapidly.
In the rural area the dwellings generally do not have a specific address, it will be important that in the address you write the name of the group of houses and the references that permit localizing the dwelling (in front of the school, etc.).
Section B. Data about the Dwelling
Type of dwelling
Before completing the data of dwelling, it is important to know the definition of dwelling for the purpose of the census and to know how to distinguish the two types of dwelling: private and collective.
Dwelling
This is a place that is structurally separate and independent, built, reformed or habilitated for the purpose of temporary or permanent housing of persons. You can also consider as dwelling any other type of non-mobile or mobile shelter occupied by persons as a place of housing at the date of the census.
Question 1: Type of dwelling
This question is completed by simple observation and to determine the type of dwelling you should consider the three following characteristics:
-That the site is separated, that from the point of view of the members that are housed in it, they can isolated themselves from other members, principally for sleeping and eating.
-That the site is independent, understanding independence from the point of view of access to enter the inhabited space, which can be directly from the street, from a patio, corridor, hallway, or from a stairway or elevator, without having to pass through any other habitation site occupied by another household in the site or dwelling.
Mark the corresponding small box, taking into account that the private dwellings can be:
[Each definition is accompanied by an illustration]
Room in a rooming house or tenement: This is the space that forms part of a set of dwellings that generally have a direct entrance from a patio, hallway, or corridor. Generally, the rooms share the water services and sanitation services.
Site not built as a dwelling: These are sites that are located within permanent installations or buildings that were built for other purposes, such as: schools, workshops, factories, etc., but that are being used as dwellings on the day of the census. For this reason, you should ask about the existence of these and enumerate them.
Transitory shelter: These are sites built in transitory manner to shelter households that lost their dwellings for different reasons such as: natural disasters, confrontations, etc. These generally share the water services and sanitation services.
Improvised house: This is the dwelling built of discarded materials, such as pieces of wood, cardboard, cans, metallic sheeting, etc. This dwelling is generally found in the marginal areas of the large cities.
Other: This option should be marked only in those cases in which there is difficulty to register the dwelling in one of the previous categories.
The enumerator should take into account that in the same building it is possible to find: an independent house, one or more apartments, and one or more rooms.
Collective dwelling:
This the one that is occupied by persons who are normally not linked by ties of being relatives and who share the dwelling for reason of: work, medical attention, studies, military service, tourism, etc.
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The collective dwellings with few members should be enumerated by the regular enumerators of each sector. If the enumerator finds collective dwellings with numerous members, he/she should consult about the enumerators specially trained for these cases.
Mark the corresponding box of the group of Collective dwellings, taking into account that:
Collective dwelling can be:
- Hospital, sanatorium, clinic: This is an institution where ill persons are sheltered and attended.
- Orphanage or asylum: The orphanage is a dwelling designated for the permanent care of children, and the asylum is the dwelling persons of advanced age are sheltered and cared for.
- Barracks, battalion, police post: These are the installations where members of the army and police live permanently.
- Prison, reformatory: These are centers where persons are imprisoned.
-Other: This category is comprised of the collective dwellings that do not fit any of the definitions given above; for example: a student dormitory.
In the collective dwellings, you will only obtain the data that corresponds to section A 'geographic location', question 1. Type of dwelling of section B 'data about the dwelling', and the 'characteristics of the persons' (section F).
Be aware that in a building that functions as a collective dwelling there can be private dwellings with one or more households, which can form a private dwelling. If this occurs, use another form for each of the private dwellings and assign it a number that is different from that of the collective dwelling.
- All of the persons enumerated as members of the collective dwelling should be assigned the number of the dwelling on the census form, for example 001, marking the box for 'hotel, hostel, or guest house';
- On the form with the data about the administrator and his family, you should assign number 002, marking the box for 'apartment'. You should fill all of the questions of sections: A 'geographic location, B 'data about the dwelling', C 'data about the household', D 'composition of the household', E 'international migration and mortality', and F 'characteristics of the persons'.
Construction materials of the dwelling
Question 2: What is the predominant material of the exterior walls of the dwelling?
If the construction material of the majority of the exterior walls is visible, mark the answer through observation. If the opposite is the case, ask the question making emphasis that it is the material that is predominant in the construction.
[Illustration is omitted]
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Question 3: What is the predominant material of the roof of the dwelling?
If the construction material of the majority of the roof is visible, mark the answer through observation. If the opposite is the case, ask the question making emphasis that it is the material that is predominant in the construction.
Question 4: Condition of occupancy of the dwelling
By simple observation, mark the box that corresponds to the condition of occupation of the dwelling: occupied or unoccupied, considering that:
Occupied dwelling
[Each definition is accompanied by an illustration]
- With persons absent: This is the dwelling that is occupied in a permanent manner, but for reasons of work or other motives, the persons are not in the dwelling on the census days. Investigate with the neighbors the motive for the absence, complete form CPV-02-EC and put it inside the dwelling. In the space for observations of the control of the census sheet, note the day and time indicated for obtaining information.
If you finish the enumeration of the segment and you have not managed to find any person with the capability of providing the data, after three visits, you will mark "occupied with the persons absent".
[Illustrations are omitted]
- For temporary use: This is the dwelling that is generally used for vacationing, for weekends, or for habitation in times of planting or harvesting.
- Under repair: This is the dwelling that is exclusively in the process of repair, whether it is the floor, walls, roof, etc.
- Under construction: This is the dwelling that is in the process of construction, but is finished to point of walls and roof, but at the moment of the census it is uninhabited.
- The box 'persons absent' should be marked after having made the third visit, finalize the form, but do not forget to complete the three questions above and place the sticker of dwelling enumerated.
- If you mark one of the above boxes of 'unoccupied dwelling', finalize the form, do not forget to fill in the three questions above and place the sticker of dwelling enumerated.
Only for private dwellings with persons present
[Questions 5-12 were asked of private dwellings with persons present]
Question 5: What is the predominant material of the floor of the dwelling?
Read the question and each of the options for answers and mark the box that corresponds to the answer obtained.
[Illustration is omitted]
Basic services of the dwelling
Question 6: Where does the water used in the dwelling come from?
Mark only the box that corresponds to the source of the water used in the dwelling.
- From a well with a pump: When the water is extracted from the interior of a well through the action of a pump, whether manual or with an electric or combustible motor.
- From a fall, river, or ditch: When the water is obtained directly from these sources, with buckets, water containers [specifically designed for carrying water, with two handles and a small opening to reduce spilling], barrels, etc.
- From a lake or lagoon: When the water is obtained directly from these sources.
- From a vendor or mobile delivery person: These persons are dedicated to sell water transported in cisterns, trucks, or other vehicles.
- Other: Any other source different from those mentioned in the above categories.
[Illustrations are omitted]
Question 7: Do you have pipes installed for water service?
Mark the option that the informant responds, taking the following into account:
- Outside the dwelling but inside the property: We are interested in knowing if the faucet is located within the property.
- Has none: You should mark this option for all of those dwellings that do not have pipes installed inside the dwelling nor pipes installed inside the property. For example: They go to get water from the public faucet, the house of a neighbor, the house of a relative, etc.
Question 8: What is the principal type of lighting that is used?
Mark only one box that agrees with the answer that the interviewee gives, taking into account the following criteria:
- Electricity from a private system: This is that provided by a private company or a patronage.
[Illustration is omitted]
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- Flashlight or gas lamp (kerosene): These are generally used in the rural area.
- Candle: When the persons of the dwelling frequently use it [a candle] for illumination.
- Pine [Ocote]: When the persons of the dwelling frequently use it for illumination.
- Solar panel: When the dwelling has a solar panel as an energy source for illumination, whether exclusive for one dwelling or when in the community several dwellings make use of a community system for this type of electricity.
- Other: This refers to any other form of illumination that the dwelling can use.
Question 9: Principally, how is trash eliminated?
Read the options in the established order and mark the box for the affirmative response. It is possible that the informant responds that they use more than one form of trash removal, in this case request that he or she indicate the principal form.
Question 10: Without counting the bathrooms nor corridors, how many rooms are there in total in the dwelling?
Read the question exactly as it is written. When the informant gives you the number of rooms, before you write them down, be sure that he or she has counted all of the rooms that exist in the dwelling, which means, the bedrooms, kitchen, living rooms, dining room, study rooms, storage room, etc., independently of whether those rooms are used by one or more households. Inclusive, those rooms that are physically separated from the principal structure of the dwelling should be counted.
Room or habitation: This is the space or area situated in a dwelling, closed by non-mobile walls that go from the floor to the ceiling or at least to a height of two meters from the floor and that are used or are apt for human habitation.
You should be careful to register the data, considering that:
- In the apartment, you should register the total of rooms of each apartment and not the total of apartments in the building.
- In the transitory shelter, you should register the total number of rooms that the household or the households occupy and not the total number of rooms that the building has as in all.
- In the case presented about the administrator of the hotel, you should only register the rooms that he and his family occupy and not the total number of rooms in the building.
Below we present the illustration of a dwelling in which you can see five rooms.
[Illustration is omitted]
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Question 11: In this dwelling is there some person, group or household that buys and consumes their food separately?
Remember that a household is made up of a person or group of persons with or without ties of relationships who inhabit the same dwelling and who at least for food depend on the same budget (common pot).
In the dwelling, there can exist one or more households and it is important that you identify each of these. Read the question exactly as it is presented and if the informant does not understand, take into account the definition of household that was given previously. Be aware that a person who lives alone constitutes a private household.
Mark the box that corresponds to the answer of the informant, if this is 'yes' continue, in the contrary case, continue with section C.
Question 12: Including your own, how many groups or households are there in all?
Note the quantity of households and remember that in the case of the existence of more than one household, starting with the second household you will use as many forms as necessary, marking the box 'form for another household', which appears on the top section of the census form.
In the following figure, we illustrate the example of the dwelling with two groups or households.
[Illustration is omitted]
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In the dwellings with more than one household, you should proceed in the following manner:
b) For the following households in the same dwelling
- Mark the box for 'form for another household'.
- Fill in the data for 'geographic location'.
- Leave the 'data for the dwelling' (section B) blank.
- Fill in the data for the rest of the sections: household data, composition of the household, international migration, mortality, and the characteristics of the persons.
You will use as many census forms as households that share said dwelling.
Review questions and exercises
Study this manual and answer:
2. From where do you obtain the block number to fill in the boxes of section A?
3. How do you obtain the number of dwelling on the route?
4. How do you define the independent house?
5. How do you proceed with the forms, if in a collective dwelling you find a private dwelling?
6. Preferably, who should enumerate the collective dwellings?
7. How do you identify the households that exist in a dwelling?
8. Write in which cases you are going to mark on the form the box for 'persons absent'.
9. How will you proceed to enumerate the dwellings with more than one household?
Section C. Data about the household
Question 1: How many rooms does this household utilize for sleeping?
Note the quantity of rooms or bedrooms that the household uses for sleeping, independent of whether during the day the room is used for other purposes. Remember that this does not mean the rooms that are considered bedrooms; it means the rooms used for sleeping by all of the members of the household.
Question 2: Does this household have a room for cooking?
Mark the box according to the answer that the informant gives, considering that the kitchen is the room designated for preparing foods.
If you mark the box 'yes' continue with the following question, if not, pass to question 4. The room does not necessarily need to be only for cooking; for example, currently the construction of some dwellings includes the kitchen and dining room in the same room.
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If in the dwelling there is more than one household and both use the same room for cooking, each of these households can declare that they have a room for cooking.
Question 3: Is the room for cooking used only by this household?
Mark the box that corresponds to the answer that the informant provides and continue with the following question.
Question 4: What is the principal source of energy for cooking?
Mark only one box. If [the informant] says that there are various sources of energy used, ask that he or she indicate the principal, which means the one that the household uses the most.
If he or she tells you that none is used, because this household does not cook, mark the box 'does not cook'.
Question 5: Does this household have:
A toilet connected to a sewage network?; toilet connected to a septic tank?; toilet that drains into a river, ditch, lagoon, sea, or lake?; a latrine with a simple well?; does not have? Mark only one box.
If there are doubts, remember that:
- Toilet connected to a septic tank: This is when the toilet wastes and sewage water are cleaned with water at pressure, arriving with pressure through pipes or with a bucket of water is discharged to a deposit built for this.
[Illustration is omitted]
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- Latrine with a simple well: This consists of a rather deep hole over which a cement or wood toilet is built.
- Does not have: When the household does not have a system for eliminating excretions. If you mark this option, continue with question 7.
Question 6: The sanitary service: Is it for the exclusive use of the household?
Mark the corresponding box for the answer given by the informant.
Remember that the use is exclusive when the members of the household that you are enumerating only use the sanitary service. It is shared when members of another or more households habitually use it.
Question 7: Do you have an automobile for the exclusive use of the household?
Read the question and if the answer of the informant is affirmative 'yes', read the two options and mark the corresponding box for the answer that you receive.
Remember that you are investigating is any member of the household has a vehicle available for personal or family use, without including the vehicles for commercial or work uses.
Question 8: Does this household have any of the following appliances or equipment?
You should read the appliances that appear on the list one-by-one, waiting for the answer and marking each one with the corresponding circle. Remember that in each of the appliances you should only mark one of the boxes in the space, 'yes' or 'no', but never mark both.
For those appliances that are found in poor condition awaiting repair, you should mark the corresponding box for 'yes' the household has it.
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Question 9:The dwelling that this household occupies is owned, owned but paying a mortgage, rented, loaned, ceded without payment?
You should complete the question by reading each of the options successively until you obtain an affirmative answer, and then proceed to mark the corresponding answer.
If there are doubts about an answer, take into account the following concepts:
- Owned and paying installments: When the household is acquiring the property and its land and at the date of the census they are found in the process of paying.
- Rented: This is the household that pays a fee or rent for the use of the building.
- Loaned or ceded without payment: This option should be marked when the household that inhabits the dwelling occupies it in exchange for services provided by any of its members, because they are taking care of it or because the owner authorizes the household to live in it without any monthly payment.
Question 10: In this household, does any person present: Total blindness?; total deafness?; Total muteness?; total loss or disability of any arm or leg?; mental deficiency?
Complete the question by reading each of the options and mark the circle or circles that correspond to the answer obtained. Remember that every notation will be in terms of total disability.
Below we present some cases and the manner of registering the answer:
b) If the person is a deaf-mute, mark both circles 'yes' for total deafness and total muteness.
c) If the person was born without a leg and uses an artificial leg for walking, mark the circle 'yes' for loss or disability of any arm or leg.
d) If the person broke an arm and it is in a cast, mark the circle 'no' in all of the options.
e) If the person uses a hearing device, mark the circle 'no' for total deafness.
f) If the person has cerebral paralysis, suffers from down syndrome, etc., mark the circle 'yes' in mental deficiency.
Section D. Composition of the Household
Persons who make up the household
You should consider as persons who make up the household those who depend on a common budget at least for their food and who permanently live in this dwelling; even when at the moment of enumeration they are temporarily absent for reasons of business, travel, health, studies, work, etc.
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Who should be enumerated?
You should enumerate:
- All of the persons who have been part of the household for less than six months and declare intentions of establishing residence in this place.
- All of the persons who are alive during the census period.
- All of the children [boys and girls] born before twelve o'clock midnight of the 27th.
- All of the persons who died after twelve o'clock midnight of the 27th.
Examples:
Below there are various cases that can come up in the enumeration. [The original document includes a table below.]
[Column headings:]
(A) Cases
(B) Place where the person should be enumerated
Place where the person should be enumerated: In this dwelling.
Cases: The person resides in the dwelling, but he or she is in a hospital or clinic due to injury, giving birth, operations, medical check-up, short illness
Place where the person should be enumerated: In this dwelling.
Cases: The person is in the dwelling at the census moment and does not have a habitual residence in another place
Place where the person should be enumerated: In this dwelling.
Cases: Is stationed in military installations where he/she lives permanently
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the military installation.
Cases: Is stationed in military installations and lives and sleeps in the base because he r she is on duty
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling where he or she lives.
Cases: Official or member of the crew of a ship, if he or she lives on the ship
Place where the person should be enumerated: On the ship.
Cases: Official or member of the crew of a ship, if he or she has a place of residence on land
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling on land.
Cases: Resident students at a boarding school
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the institute or school where he/she resides and studies.
Cases: Student who is not a resident at a boarding school who habitual resides in another city or town
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling where he or she habitually resides.
Cases: Nurse who lives in a hospital, clinic, etc.
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the hospital, clinic, etc.
Cases: Persons who maintain more than one residence and divide their time among the residences
Place where the person should be enumerated: The dwelling where he/she the greatest part of the time.
Cases: Honduran citizen who is in another country temporarily on vacation, traveling for reasons of work, health, tourism, etc.
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling where he/she resides in Honduras.
Cases: Lives in another country
Place where the person should be enumerated: Is not enumerated.
Cases: Foreigner who has his/her residence in Honduras
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling where he or she resides.
Cases: Foreign diplomat who lives in Honduras
Place where the person should be enumerated: In the dwelling where he or she lives.
Cases: Persons who live in another country and it is not known when they will return Place where the person should be enumerated: Do not enumerate.
Cases: Persons who live outside of the household for more than six months
Place where the person should be enumerated: Do not enumerate.
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Question 1: Including the newborns, girls, boys, elderly women, elderly men, male and female domestic employees who sleep inside the dwelling, how many persons in total habitually make up this household?
Note in the corresponding spaces the total of persons who habitually reside in the household, the number of men and women, whether they are present or not. Verify that the sum of men and women coincides with the total of members of the household.
Be sure to include the newborns, all of the boys and girls, as well as all of the elderly persons.
Question 2: What is the name and last name of each of the persons who habitually make up this household?
The section consists of two columns: the first corresponds to the number of person assigned to each member, which means, the sequential order in which each of the members of the household will be listed, (from 01 to the last person); the second registers the name and last name of the members of the household.
Be aware that for the Census every household has a head of household [male or female] which is the person recognized as such by the rest of the members of the household, whether because of his/her age, authority, or because he/she economically sustains the household.
Request that the informant give you the name of each of the persons who make up the household.
Composition of the Household
[Illustration is omitted]
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Start by noting the head of household [male or female] and then continue with the order established on the upper part of the square.
In 'other relative' category, you register the cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents and all persons who by blood are family members of the head of household.
In 'other non-relative' category, you register the god-parents, in-laws of relatives, guests, etc.
In domestic employee [male or female], include the persons who provide these services and the family members of the employee, always and whenever they reside in this household.
Note: Remember that this section is designed for obtaining the information about 10 persons who make up the household.
If a household is made up of more than 10 persons, you should use additional forms and follow the following procedure:
On the first form:
b) Fill in all of the data for the section E 'international migration and mortality'.
On the second form:
b) Fill in the data for section A 'geographic location'
c) In section D 'composition of the household', you should note the names of the rest of the persons who make up the household.
From this moment you should go back to the first form to fill in the data that corresponds to section F 'characteristics of the persons' until you obtain data for the last person noted on the second form.
Review questions and exercises
1. How do you interpret the question, "How many rooms does this household use for sleeping?"
2. Who should be enumerated in the dwelling? Copy the examples described in the box on page 42.
3. In section D, question 1, with what other data should the sum of men and women coincide?
4. If at the moment of enumerating a dwelling you find a household that has more than 10 members, what should you do?
5. Where should you note the persons who passed away on January 29, 2000?
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Section E. International migration and mortality
International migration
Question 1: After hurricane Mitch (October 1998) did any person who belonged to this household go to live in another country?
When you ask this question, make emphasis on the reference period and when you obtain the answer mark the corresponding box.
Question 2: Of these persons who left after Mitch, how many currently live in?
After asking the question, mention each of the countries and ask how many men and women live in the mentioned country. Register the number in the corresponding boxes. Remember that the goal is to register the persons who left after Mitch (two years, five months ago). Central America includes Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Question 3: Include newborns and the elderly. Has any person who belonged this household died between January 1 and December 31, 2000?
Ask the question making emphasis that the period in question covers from January 1 to December 31, 2000. You should include the persons who having their habitual residence in this dwelling died in another place (hospital, health centers, etc.).
Mark the corresponding box. If the answer is 'no', continue with section F.
Question 4: Of those who died between January 1 and December 31 of 2000, tell me: The name, sex, day, and month on which the person died, and age at death.
Write the name of the person who died, mark the box man or woman, note the day and month of death and then the age of the person at the time of death. Only if the person who died was a woman who was between 12 and 49 years old, ask: Did she die during a pregnancy?, which means if she was pregnant when she died. If you mark the box 'yes' continue the interview with section F; if you mark the box 'no' ask if she died during childbirth. If you mark the box 'yes' continue the interview with section F; if you mark the box 'no' ask if she died within two months of the delivery; if you mark the box 'yes' continue the interview with section F. For example, if she died 5 days or 59 days after the delivery, this means that both are included in the period of two months indicated in the question.
Do not include persons who died before January 1, 2000, nor should you include persons who died after December 31, 2000.
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Section F. Characteristics of the persons
On the heading of each page of this section write the names of the persons that make up this household one-by-one, maintaining the order established in 'composition of the household' (question 2, section D).
You will begin with head of household [male or female] as person number 1 and will continue with the rest of the members of the household.
Always ask about the spouse or partner of the head of household; never assume that he or she does not exist. Whenever possible, in the case where both are present, you will ask the questions of each person separately.
For all persons
[Questions 1-6 were asked of all persons]
Question 1: What is your relationship with the head of household?
Mark the box that corresponds to the relationship as relatives that the person has to the head of household. Remember that the first page of section F 'characteristics of the persons' is for the exclusive use for the head of household.
If the person enumerated lives in a collective dwelling, mark the box 'resident in a collective dwelling'. We are not interested in knowing the relationship of relatives that might exist among the persons who are in this type of dwelling.
Only in those cases where, in the collective dwelling, you identify the existence of a private household, the information should be obtained in the same form as indicated for the private dwelling.
Question 2: Sex
Mark the box that identifies the sex of the person. If the person who is being enumerated is not present, do not be guided by the name and ask the question, since it is frequent to find names that are used both for men as for women, for example: Carmen, Jesus, Guadalupe, Concepcion, Santos, Trinidad, María, etc.
Question 3: How many years have you completed?
Read the question making emphasis on years completed, since you should register the age that the person is at the time of the census. Never leave this blank, obtain an answer, since it is very important to have this data.
When the informant declares his or her age, if he or she tells you the date of birth or gives you the identification card and you obtain the age from the difference, write the number of years completed using the three boxes available, for example, 003. When the person is less than one year old, write 000.
Question 4: Where were you born?
You should complement the question by reading the three possible answers:
B) In another municipality in the country?
C) In another country?
Only one of them should be the response, marking the corresponding box.
If the answer is 'in this municipality', mark the box 'yes' and continue with the next question. If this is not the case, mark the box 'no'.
If the answer is 'in another municipality in the country', write the name of the municipality on the line B.1; the name of the department on the line B.2 and continue with the next question.
If the answer from the person is that he or she was born 'in another country', write the name of the country in which the person was born on the line C.3; write the year of arrival in Honduras in the box that corresponds to space C.4.
It is probable that there are informants that answer some person(s) was or were born in a hospital or in a place that is different from where his or her mother resided at the time. In this case, as place of birth of the person should be registered as the place where the mother resided when the person, about whom the information is being given, was born.
Question 5: To which population do you belong?
Complete the question reading the different population groups that are included in the question. Mark the group or option that the informant manifests belonging to or that the person about whom information is being given belongs to. The option of the box 'other' should be marked when the person responds that he or she does not belong to any of the groups mentioned in the options above this one. For examples, mestizos [mixed ancestry] or ladinos [Spanish/mixed ancestry], etc.
For persons five years old or more
[Questions 6-11 were asked of persons aged 5 years or older]
Question 6: Where did you live in 1996 (five years ago)?
You should complete the question reading the three possible answers:
B) In another place in the country?
C) In another country?
Only one of them should be the response, marking the corresponding box.
The enumerator should take into account that 'in this group of houses, village or city' refers specifically to the place of enumeration, which can be:
In the group of houses called 'X'; the village called 'Z'; or a city called 'Y'.
To avoid confusing the informant, you should mention the name of the group of houses, the village, or the city in which the census is being taken, since this will help the person orient himself or herself and remember with greater ease.
If the answer is 'in this group of houses, village or city': mark the box 'yes' and continue with the next question. If on the contrary, mark the box 'no'.
If five years ago the person resided 'in another place in the country', write the name of the group of houses, village, or city where he or she lived on the line B.1; write the name of the municipality on the line B.2; write the name of the department on the line B.3, and continue with the next question.
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If he or she responds that lived 'in another country', write the name of the country on the line C.4 and continue with the next question.
Question 7: Do you know how to read and write?
You should mark the box that corresponds to the answer received.
Remember that is the person:
- Only reads or only writes you should mark 'no'.
- Only knows how to sign his or her name, mark 'no'.
Question 8: Are you currently studying in any educational center such as a university, private school, public school or kindergarten?
Mark the box according to the answer from the interviewee. If this is affirmative, 'yes', continue with the following question. In the 'yes' group, you should include persons who attend schools for special education (deaf persons and mutes, blind persons, etc.) and the persons who study with private professors if the level of study belongs to formal education, in addition to all persons who study through radio programs. For example, the Honduran Educational Institute via Radio "IHER" [initials of this program, in Spanish] has educational programs at elementary and secondary level.
If the answer that you receive is negative, mark the box 'no'.
Question 9: What is the last grade, course, or year that you passed?
Enclose in a circle the number of the highest level of study that he or she studied, then in the numbers located to the right of this level, enclose in a circle the number that corresponds to the last grade, course or year that he or she passed.
For persons who are in first grade of elementary school, the answer that should be noted after asking if he or she complete the level of pre-school, is like this: circle the 3 of pre-school and the respective year; if the answer is 'no', circle the 1 of 'none'.
For the persons who are initiating the level of literacy training or pre-school, then you would register the level 1 'none'.
To register the answer you should consider that:
2. Literacy training program: This level is generally attended by adults to acquire basic knowledge of writing and reading. This level is also known as continuous education.
3. Pre-school: This level includes the children who attend pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or kinder for children and preparatory for elementary school.
5. Common secondary: This level is known as 'common cycle of general education' or 'basic plan' and consists of three levels.
6. Diversified secondary: This high school level is made up of the branches of basic mercantile and public accounting, elementary teacher training, baccalaureate in sciences and letters, technical baccalaureate in computation, baccalaureate in business administration, etc. Also included here are persons who studied or are studying in a private technical or polyvalent school.
7. Post-secondary non-tertiary: This level includes the persons who graduated or are students in the National School of Agriculture [ENA by its initials in Spanish] of Catacamas, the National School of Forestry Sciences [ESNACIFOR by its initials in Spanish] of Siguatepeque, The Pan-American Agricultural School [Zamorano], military academies, police schools, upper seminary "Our Lady of Suyapa", Center for Architectural Design and Construction "CEDAC", etc. This category also includes persons who graduated from what was previously the Upper School of Teaching Francisco Morazán and the Social Service School.
8. Tertiary: This is comprised of the public universities and all of the private universities of Honduras and other countries.
9. Post-graduate: In this level, you should include all of the persons who have obtained a doctorate, postgraduate, master's degree or specialty; and the persons who have obtained a licentiate and are currently studying a post-graduate degree, a specialty, a master's degree or a doctorate. Do not include those with diplomas.
Question 10: What did you study, what is the field or specialty of the last year passed?
Write the complete name of the career, studies or specialty, for example: teacher for elementary school, social sciences professor of middle school, baccalaureate in sciences and letters, licentiate in business administration, forestry engineering, post-graduate in finances, dentistry, chemistry and pharmacy, general medicine, public accounting, etc.
If in the question 9 you circled a number of level 4, write 'elementary'; if you circled the level 5, write 'common cycle secondary'.
Question 11: Did you complete this study, course, or specialty?
Mark the box according to the answer that the informant gives you. Remember that what we want to know is if the person completed the studies, course, or specialty; said in other words, if the person graduated.
For persons 7 years old and older
[Questions 12-16 were asked of persons aged 7 years or older]
Question 12: Did you work during the past week?
Mark the box 'yes' for all of the persons who worked during the past week in a public or private business, in a workshop owned by himself/herself or by a relative; on a ranch or farm owned himself/herself or by a relative, in exchange for a payment, salary, or payment-in-kind (food products, dwelling, clothing, etc.), profit or utility, or worked as an unpaid family worker. Continue with question 14.
If you marked the box 'No', then move on to the next question.
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Question 13: During the past week, did you tend agricultural crops, forestry, or animal breeding on your property or the property of a relative? Did you attend or help in some business or workshop that is yours or belongs to a family member? Did you have work but not work because of vacations, permission, illness, etc.? Did you look for work having never worked before? Did you live off from retirement funds or pension? Did you live off from rents? Did you only study? Did you only do household chores? Are you permanently incapacitated for work? Other?
With this question, you try to rescue all of the persons that in the above question answered that they did not work, but they do have an economic activity that generates for them a utility or they work in a family business. For example: making tortillas to sell, making bread, make clothing, repair shoes, etc.
Make an emphasis that this is about last week, and read each of the alternative answers in the order indicated; and mark the corresponding box for the first affirmative answer.
Below we describe each of the alternatives to the question:
2. Attended or helped in some business or workshop that belongs himself/herself or to a family member: Here you should include all persons who last week worked on a business, workshop or self-owned business (as an employer or independent worker), dedicated to the preparation of a product (manufacturing industry), or commercialization (buying and selling), or provided a service (legal office, customs agency, etc.)
3. Prepared foods or made other articles to sell: Include the persons who are dedicated to preparing foods (candies, cakes, etc.) and any other type of article or product (tortillas, bread, embroidery, hats, piñatas, floral arrangements, etc.) for sale that permits them to obtain some income to contribute to the household economy.
4. Had work but did not work because of vacations, permission, illness, etc.: This refers to the persons who had work, however, last week they did not do their activities because they were on vacation, had license, due to illness, temporary lay-off, lack of prime material, etc.
5. Looked for work and had worked previously: This is the person who having lost his or her employment, work or business, did not work but did look for work or made efforts to establish his or her own business or to cultivate land. You should also include here all of the persons who last week were being trained to obtain a job.
6. Looked for work having never worked before: This is all of the persons who are looking for work for the first time, which means that he or she has never worked before, not even in his or her own business or in a business of a family member. Also, include here those persons who were trained for a job, but have never worked before. This case is very common in young persons.
8. Lived off from rents: This is all persons who did not work, because he or she lives off from the income that he or she receives for rent of real estate (buildings, dwellings, etc.), or from the interests earned by the capital that is saved in banking institutes. Also, include here those persons who rent agricultural machinery for construction, only if the person does not participate directly in the administration or direction of the business.
9. Only studied: This refers to the person who during the past week was dedicated only to studying, which means that he or she did not do any type of work.
10. Only did household chores: Considered as such is the person who the past week was dedicated exclusively to doing domestic chores (housewife) in the dwelling where he or she lives.
11. [The person] is permanently incapacitated for work: This category refers to persons who physically or mentally are permanently unable to work.
12. Other: This category should be marked when the informant cannot be placed in any of the above categories, whether because the past week he/she did not work, did not work, nor is interested in working.
-If you mark any box of block 'B; options 06 to 12', continue with question 17.
Only for persons who answered in Block A
[Questions 14-16 were asked of persons who marked any option of block A of question 13]
Question 14: What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you held or hold in that job?
Example: corn farmer, furniture carpenter, bus driver, grocery vendor, etc.
Write, over the lines, the name of the principal occupation, employment, profession, or position of work that the informant states. When you receive answers that are not very precise, such as worker, employee, public official, laborer, employer, etc., you should determine with exactitude, what the task is that the person does.
In many cases, the profession refers to the occupation, for example: a doctor can have as his occupation being the administrator of the hospital, an engineer can be the manager of a business, a lawyer can have the job of judge, etc.
In many cases, the occupation is synonymous with the job that the person performs, for example: president of the Republic, president of the National Congress, municipal mayor, municipal official, executive secretary, school director, hospital director, orchestra director, etc.
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Some examples of occupations and the correct form to write them on the form:
[First column]
Police agent
Coffee grower
Corn farmer
Construction laborer
Assistant construction laborer
Barber or hairdresser
Bartender
Carpenter, chair manufacturer
Truck driver
Animal slaughterer
Census enumerator
Supervisor of mail office
Nurse in a health care center
Plumber
Make clay bricks
[Second column]
Make cement blocks
Make hats
Make tortillas
Wash and iron clothing
Butler or overseer
Milker
Baker or make bread
Fisherman
Elementary school teacher
Store manager
Tire repairman
Automobile vehicle repairman
Tailor of men's clothing
Planter of agricultural crops
Arc welder
Grocery vendor
Tortilla vendor
To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
Question 15: In this job, you work as or worked as: Private employee or worker?; public employee or worker?; Employer with employees?; Independent worker?; Unpaid family worker?; Domestic employee?; Other?
Read each of the options until you receive an affirmative answer and mark the corresponding box.
The indicated categories respond to the following definitions:
2. Public employee or worker: This person works in the public administration (central government, autonomous and municipal institutions) doing work that is executive, technical, administrative, and support.
3. Employer with employees: This person is owner of an economic unit (factory, business, workshop, farm, ranch, etc.) who hire or employ one or more persons in permanent form.
4. Independent worker: This person does an activity in independent manner, does not have an employer, nor hires salaried personnel in permanent form. In some cases, unpaid family members work for him or her. Example: Independent professionals and technicians, peddler, small businesspersons, shoemakers, plumbers, farmer, etc.
5. Unpaid family worker: This person works in the business of a relative, without receiving any payment in exchange.
7. Other: In this category, you should include all persons who do not belong to any of the categories above.
Question 16: What is the principal activity or production of the business, institution, or place where the person last worked or works?
Obtain from the informant a precise answer about the activity of the institution where [the person] works or worked last time.
Activity is what the business, workshop, institution, or organization produces or does; it is what all of the workers do as a group to produce a product, to provide a service, or to sell a good.
You should specifically describe the product that the business cultivates, the product that it manufactures or prepares, the product that it sells or the services that it provides.
The activity should never be written:
-With the name of the business; because generally, this does not have any relationship to the activity.
-Sale, when the activity corresponds to cultivation.
-Elaboration of dairy products when the activity corresponds to the breeding of milking cattle.
-Sale when the activity is make or manufacture clay tiles.
-Sale, when the activity is manufacture dairy products.
Below we describe some examples of activity and the form for writing them on the form:
[First column]
Breeding or reproduction of beef cattle
Cultivation of bananas and plantains
Cultivation of peppers
Cultivation of corn
Cultivation of beans
Extraction from mines and quarries
Fumigation on agricultural plantations
Dining room or sale of food
Sale of groceries
Sale of general groceries
Manufacture of clay tiles
Manufacture of shoes
Municipal slaughterhouse
Private school or service of secondary education
Public school or service of elementary education
Repair of electrical appliances
[Second column]
Vehicle repair
Municipal mayor
Central Bank of Honduras
General Direction of Customs
Education Secretary
Atari game rooms
Medical services or medical clinic
Guard services
Urban passenger transportation
Land cargo transportation
Arc welder
Grocery vendor
Tortilla vendor
You should take into account that in many cases, the occupation is identical to the activity, specially in those small businesses or when the person carries out an activity in artisan form in his or her dwelling.
For example: [The original document includes a table below.]
[Column headings:]
(A) Occupation
(B) Activity
Activity: Make tortillas to sell
2. Occupation: Make tamales to sell
Activity: Make tamales
3. Occupation: Make bread to sell
Activity: Make bread to sell
4. Occupation: Make pants
Activity: Make pants
5. Occupation: Make woven mats
Activity: Make woven mats
6. Occupation: Make pinatas
Activity: Make pinatas
7. Occupation: Make floral arrangements
Activity: Make floral arrangements
8. Occupation: Make hats
Activity: Make hats
9. Occupation: Make hammocks
Activity: Make hammocks
10. Occupation: Make candies, lollipop, sugar loafs to sell
Activity: Make candies, lollipop, sugar loafs to sell
11. Occupation: Repair shoes
Activity: Repair shoes
To strengthen knowledge, it is necessary that during the training you make a list of the most frequent occupations that exist in the villages and the municipalities.
For persons 12 years old and older
[Questions 17 was asked of persons aged 12 years or older]
Question 17: What is your current marital status?
Read each of the alternatives that appear in the form, and mark the corresponding box.
You should take into account that we want to register the conjugal status of the persons at the census moment, independent of the legal situation.
2. Married: This is the person who has contracted marriage according to the civil law or by any religion.
3. Separated: This is the person with marital ties, who does not currently live with his or her spouse nor in consensual union with another person.
4. Divorced: This is the person who ended the marital tie through judicial sentence, and who has not remarried.
5. Widow: This is the person who after the death of his or her spouse has not remarried nor lives in consensual union with another person.
6. Single: This is the person who has never contracted marriage, nor lives in a consensual union with any person.
For women 12 years old and older
[Questions 18-22 were asked of women aged 12 years or older]
Question 18: Have you had any sons or daughters born alive?
If the informant is a male, before moving to these questions, you should request the presence of the woman (if possible) so that she can answer independent of her marital status. Since she will be in a capacity to provide precise data.
We understand as a daughter or son born alive, that child that cried at the moment of birth, breathed, or manifested any other sign of life, even if the baby died immediately afterwards.
In she has had daughters and sons born alive, you should mark 'yes' whether or not they are currently alive or if they have died. If you obtain a negative answer, mark the box 'no' and end the interview with this person.
Question 19: How many daughters and sons born alive have you had in total?
When you obtain an answer, write in the box the number that expresses the quantity of daughters and sons that were born alive, even though some of them have died later.
Question 20: How many daughters and sons are currently alive?
Note the total of daughters and sons who are currently alive, in the corresponding spaces. You should take into account the married children and those who do not live in the house.
Question 21: On what date was your last daughter or son born alive?
Write with numbers:
-The month of birth of her last daughter or son born alive.
-The year of birth of her last daughter or son born alive.
The date should be registered independently of whether the last daughter or son is currently alive or has died. If the last delivery was twins, the date of birth is the same. The numeration of the months is the following:
February 02
March 03
April 04
May 05
June 06
July 07
August 08
September 09
October 10
November 11
December 12
Question 22: Is your last daughter or son who was born alive still alive?
Mark the box that corresponds to the answer that you obtain.
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Questions and exercises for review
2. How are the questions of Section F grouped together according to the age of the persons?
3. What alternative would you circle for a person who answers that he or she graduated from the Francisco Morazán Upper Teaching School?
4. In which option would you place a young lady who answers that she only studies in the university?
5. How would you interpret the sentence 'Did you look for work and have never worked?'
6. Make a list of a minimum of twenty occupations that you have observed in the municipalities of your department.
7. Make a list of a minimum of twenty activities that you have observed in the municipalities of your department.
8. Make a list of five activities and in each list the possible occupations that are required to develop said activity, for example:
Occupations: Calf herder; milker; pasture cutter; fence repairman; planter of pasture grass
Completion of the interview
Before you leave the dwelling and consider the interview finalized, verify that:
- You have enumerated all of the households that could occupy a dwelling.
- Verify if you have noted all of the information relative to each of them.
- Do not forget to thank the persons for the collaboration provided.
- Stick the sticker to the enumerated dwelling on the doorframe of the main door of the dwelling or in the most visible place of the dwelling, and out of the reach of the children, and say good-bye to the informant and thank him or her for his or her collaboration. [The following text corresponds to the sticker pasted in the door of an enumerated dwelling]
XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census
Enumerated
We support the Census
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VI. Appendices
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Examples for questions about education
Example number 1
a) The person says that he or she knows how to read and write, that currently he or she does not attend any educational center, but passed second grade of elementary school.
7. Do you know how to read and write?
8. Are you currently studying in an educational center such as university, private school, public school or kindergarten?
9. What is the last grade, course, or year that you passed?
Elementary [2]
10. From which study, career, or specialty was this year?
11. Did you complete this study, career, or specialty?
b) The person indicates that he or she knows how to read and write, has a diploma for Baccalaureate in Sciences and Letters, and currently he or she is studying, through correspondence, the first semester of the field of Agricultural Economy in one of the regional centers of the National Autonomous University of Honduras.
7. Do you know how to read and write?
8. Are you currently studying in an educational center such as university, private school, public school or kindergarten?
9. What is the last grade, course, or year that you passed?
Diversified Secondary Level [2]
10. From which study, career, or specialty was this year?
11. Did you complete this study, career, or specialty?
[Example number 3]
c) The person tells you that he or she knows how to read and write and that he or she is studying the first course of the Common Cycle.
7. Do you know how to read and write?
8. Are you currently studying in an educational center such as university, private school, public school or kindergarten?
9. What is the last grade, course, or year that you passed?
Elementary [6]
10. From which study, career, or specialty was this year?
11. Did you complete this study, career, or specialty?
d) The person tells you that he or she does not know how to read and write, that he or she is now in first grade and the he or she was not put into kindergarten.
7. Do you know how to read and write?
8. Are you currently studying in an educational center such as university, private school, public school or kindergarten?
9. What is the last grade, course, or year that you passed?
None [0]
Continue with question 12.
Examples for questions about employment
[Example number 1]
a) The person tells you that last week he or she was preparing the land for planting the corn on his or her property and that generally he or she works with one of his or her children.
12. Did you work during the past week?
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as or worked as:
Continue the interview
12. Did you work during the past week?
13. During the past week: answered that he or she made candy
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, profession, or position that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as or worked as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he or she works do or produce?
Continue the interview.
[Example number 3]
c) The person tells you that last week he/she helped his/her father prepare the land for planting corn.
12. Did you work during the past week?
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as or worked as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he/she works do or produce?
Continue the interview.
d) The person tells you that last week he/she was cutting the pasture in the fields so that when it rains the pastures will recover and the cows will produce more milk. A person is permanently employed to milk the cows.
12. Did you work during the past week?
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as or worked as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he/she works do or produce?
Continue the interview.
e) The person tells you that last week she worked doing household chores and was getting up early to send breakfast to her husband and that she did not look for work because she does not have time.
12. Did you work during the past week?
13. During the past week:
Continue the interview with question 17.
[Example number 6]
f) The person tells you that he buys milk to make products derived from milk, such as butter, cream, cheese and fresh cheese in his own cheese processors, which he sells wholesale and retail. He said that he the general manager and that he has four permanent workers.
12. Did you work during the past week?
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as or worked as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he/she works or worked the last time do or produce?
Continue the interview.
g) The person tells you that she is 12 years old and that last week she did household chores in the house and that she went to look for work at the clothing factory, but that she has never had a job.
12. Did you work during the past week?
13. During the past week: answered that she looked for work in a clothing factory and that she has never had a job.
Continue the interview with question 17.
h) The person tells you that he or she is 11 years old and the last week he or she only went to school.
12. Did you work during the past week?
13. During the past week, did you work?
End of interview.
[Example number 8]
i) The person tells you that last week he was working in the Municipal Headquarters, since he was elected by the town as Municipal Mayor.
12. Did you work during the past week?
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do in this job?
15. In this job, you work as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he/she works do or produce?
Continue the interview.
j) The person tells you that last week she was receiving a training course to apply for the post of sector head of the population and dwelling census, but since about two years ago, she worked for the last time in an elementary school as a teacher.
12. Did you work during the past week?
13. During the past week:
14. What is the name of the principal occupation, job or post that you do or did in this job?
15. In this job, you work as:
16. What activity does the business, institution, or place where he/she works or worked the last time do or produce?
Continue the interview.
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Republic of Honduras
Presidential Commission of Modernization of the State
XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census 2001
Mr. or Ms. Head of Household:
The day ___ month ___ of 2001, I visited your dwelling with the goal of enumerating it, but in view that I did not find any of the persons who reside in it, I request that you do me the favor of waiting for me on the day ___month___ of 2001, at ___ o'clock, to complete the census, since for the country it is important that your dwelling be counted.
In the case that you cannot talk to me at the time and hour indicated, I request that you permit that another of the persons who are residents of the dwelling speak to me.
Thank you for your collaboration,
Place and date _____
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FORM CPV-03-EC
Preliminary count of dwelling and persons of the segment
Republic of Honduras
Presidential Commission of Modernization of the State
XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census
Preliminary count of dwellings and persons in the segment
A. Geographic Location
Municipality _ _
Area _
Zone _ _
Segment _ _
B. Count of dwellings and persons
Total persons ____
Total men ____
Total women ____
Signature ____
Date ____
Approval: Head of sector
The data for completing the preliminary count of dwellings and persons is obtained from the control of segment route.
A. Geographic Location
From the control sheet for the route, you obtain the data and fill in this section.
B. Count of dwellings and persons
Column 2 'total persons': Obtain this from the sum done in column 11 of the last page of the control of the route.
Column 3 'total men': Obtain this from the sum done in column 12 of the last page of the control of the route.
Column 4 'total women': Obtain this from the sum done in column 13 of the last page of the control of the route.
At the end of the form, the enumerator should write his or her name, signature, and date and obtain the approval of the head of the sector.