For all persons
[Questions P1 to P15 were asked of all persons]
P8. Place of birth _ _ _ _
Where was [the respondent] born? If born in Rwanda, write down the commune (township). If born outside of Rwanda, write down the country of birth. ____
Here, every Rwandese understands the place of residence of his/her parents at time of his/her birth. In the case where his/her parents did not live together, one will write the place where his/her mother lived at time of his/her birth. One writes the district or the country in the appropriate box. If the person does not know the name of the district, one will ask him/her the name of the former commune after checking with the district list to be found in a separate document, and one will determine the district of birth of the given person.
For someone who was born in Rwanda, one will write the district of birth, and for someone who was born in a foreign country, one will write the name of the country where he/she was born.
Remark: One shall not confuse the place of birth and the place of delivery. The place of birth is the place where the parents were living at time of the birth. The place of delivery is the place where the delivery took place, as for instance a hospital (ibitaro). If the enumerated person was born at home, the place of birth and the place of delivery are the same.
In this census, the important thing is to know the place of birth, since most of the time the place of delivery and the place of birth are identical.