8. Place of birth:

Question 8: place of birth

1. How to ask the question:
Ask, "What municipality were you born in?"

2. How to record the answer:
Mark an "X" in box 1, "here," if the place of birth is the same as the place of permanent residency on the census date. Leave the spaces for municipality and department blank.

A) If the enumerated person was born in another municipality within the country, ask the name of the municipality and the department where the person was born, writing them in the appropriate spaces.

B) If the enumerated person was born in another country, ask the name of the country in which the person was born and write it in the appropriate space.

3. Example:
[This box contains question 8 of the section VI "people in the census household."]

For all individuals
[Questions 9, 10 and 12 were asked for all persons]

9. Place of birth
In what municipality and department were you born?

Question 9: place of birth

1. How to formulate the question

In which municipality and department were you born?

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(If born abroad, the name of the country is recorded and the person is asked: In which year did you come to live permanently in this country?)

2. How to record the data

When the place of birth is the same as the place of usual residence at the time of the Census, the number "1. here" is circled. The spaces for the municipality and department are then left blank.

a. If the enumerated person was born in another municipality, different from the place of usual residence, the enumerator will ask the name of the municipality of birth and the corresponding name of the department, recording the information in the spaces provided.

b. If the enumerated person was born in another country, the enumerator will record the name of the country and the year of arrival in the spaces provided.

3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 9 of the census form]

8. Place of birth

The first seven questions sets in this section refer to family relationship, age, sex, current marital status, ethnic group, death of mother and disability.

Questions 8-12 refer to the person's migration and ethnic characteristics. Only questions 11 and 12 are for persons aged three and older.

Questions 13-15 refer to literacy, level of education and attendance at school and are intended for persons aged seven and older.

The four following questions (16-19) refer to the person's type of economic activity, principal employment, branch of activity, and occupational category. They are also intended for persons aged seven and older.

The last five questions (20-24) cover fertility, and are intended only for females aged 12 and older.

The housing form has enough space to record a maximum of ten person, and so the section is repeated an equal number of times. The information about each person who spends the night in the homeless shelter should be written in the same order as they were listed in section V, "list of persons."

If the homeless shelter has more than ten persons, use an additional form.

Section VII is designed to allow you to record the complete information about one person. Write the person's order number in the grid space according to the list in section V. Spell out completely the first names and complete surnames of each person.

8. Place of birth
For the purposes of the census the enumerated person's place of birth is the municipality in which the mother was residing at the time of birth. This is so even if the mother gave birth in a municipality other than that of her residence for medical or other reasons.
Ask, "In which department, municipality or country were you born?"

[A graphic of box 8, "place of birth," is reproduced on the right-hand side of the page.]

If the person you are enumerating was born in the municipality in which you are interviewing him/her, mark an X in the circle for the 00 option, "In this municipality," and leave the rest of the question set blank.

If the person was born in a different municipality, write the name and department of the municipality.

The box for country is only for people born abroad. Write the year of their arrival.

Leave the grid spaces on the right of the box blank; they are for office use only.

For all persons
[Questions 1 through 9 are for all persons]

5. Were you born in what department?

This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.

[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.

Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.

Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.

Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.

5. Place of birth
Ask, "Which municipality and department was the person born in?"

[A graphic of question 5, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

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If the person was born in the municipality in which the interview is taking place, only fill in the oval for "here."

If the person was born in another municipality, write the name of the municipality and the department.

If the person was not born in Guatemala, write the name of the country and the year in which he/she arrived in Guatemala.