Questions 1 [order number] to 12 [residency status] apply to all persons to count in the household.
8. Birth registration
The birth certificate is the legal document established by the civil registrar officer and proving the birth of a person.
A supplementary judgment [court order] substituting for a birth certificate is the document that replaces a birth certificate when the declaration was not made within the timeframe fixed by law.
For each member of the household, the census agent shall ask the following question:
Q: "Do you or does [the respondent] have a birth certificate or a supplementary judgment?"
Circle code number 1 is the answer is Yes or code number 2 is the answer is No.
30. Is your birth recorded in the civil registry?
[] 4 No
Question 30. Is your birth recorded in the national register?
The corresponding oval is filled in.
26. Was your birth recorded in the civil registry or office of vital records?
F1. For all people
26. Registry of birth in the civil registry or office of vital records
Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
For residents age 10 and younger
(Check the first option in where the person falls, in the order listed)
6.13 Do you have the following type of birth certificate?
[] 2 Certificate of live birth issued in the maternity or hospital (DNV)
[] 3 Administrative registration of indigenous birth (RANI)
(Only for self-reportedly indigenous people)
[] 4 No
[] 5 Not known
P08. Birth Certificate
[] 1 = Yes
[] 2 = No
[] 3 = Don't know
P15. Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate?
[] 2 Yes, but not seen
[] 3 No
[] 4 Don't know
If the respondent says he/she has no birth certificate because it was lost, has not picked it up in the civil registration office, or it is keep in an institution, ask whether he/she is enrolled in the civil registry and if the answer is "yes", circle code 1; only when he/she states that is not enrolled in the civil registry, circle code 2 "no".
If the person was born in another country and he/she say that is registered in that country, circle code 3 "he/she is registered in another country".
In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.
Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.
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For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.
Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.
7. Birth registration
With this question, it is possible to know if the person has a birth certificate or is registered in the civil registry of the Mexican Republic or another country.
Read the question along with each option until you get an affirmative answer and circle only one code.
Some people may have a double birth registration, that is, in the Mexican Republic and another country; if this is the case, only register code 1.
If the respondent says that they do not have a birth certificate because they have lost it, have not picked it up from the civil registry, or are stored in some institution (school, hospital, or other), ask if the person is registered in the civil registry, and if the answer is affirmative, ask if the registry corresponds to the Mexican Republic or another country, and circle the corresponding code.
In case the birth has not been registered in the civil registry of the Mexican Republic or another country, circle code 3.
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It may happen that the respondent does not know if the person being asked about has a birth certificate or not, or if their birth has been registered in the civil registry. If this situation arises, ask if you have any official identity documents, since generally, a birth certificate is required to obtain them. Some of these documents are: a voting card (voter's credential), driver's license, military service card, passport or professional card, and in the case of minors under 18 years of age, the SEP school certificate.
It is important to point out that in other Spanish-speaking countries, the birth certificate is also known as a birth record.
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The birth registration question is presented in the census manager as follows:
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Chapter E. For all persons.
5. Was your birth recorded in a civil registry or court; i.e., do you have a birth certificate?
E. Population information for all persons
Before enumerating each of the members of the household, you should note the order number, the name and last name and relationship on the page that corresponds to each of them in the same order as chapter D (Question 28). After registering all of the persons, you should complete the information for each of them, beginning with the head of household, male or female.
Question 5: Do you have or did you have a birth certificate, which means, was the birth registered in the courts or the civil registry?
This allows the classification of persons whose births were noted or not noted in the office of the Civil Registry.
4. Do you have birth certificate on file with the civil registry office?
[] 2 No
Question 4: Do you have a birth certificate on file with the civil registry office?
Having a birth certificate means that the person's birth has been registered in the civil registry office. If the respondent answers that he/she does not have a birth certificate because he/she hasn't picked it up from the civil registry office yet, or has lost it, circle number 1, "yes."
Birth Certificate. This is the document that proves a person's identification by means of his/her registration with the civil registry office.
Civil Registry. This is the public office in charge of recording births, marriages, deaths and other acts which alter a person's civil status. It issues certificates that prove a person's identity and maintains citizens' civil records.
10. What is your national identity card number (DNI)?
Question 10: What Is your National Identity Card (DNI) number?
Write down the respondent's DNI number in the corresponding boxes.
Keep in mind that the DNI number is eight (8) digits long.
If the respondent states that he/she does not remember his/her number, fill in the oval in option 4.
If the respondent states that this document has never been processed and only has a birth certificate, fill in the oval in option 1. If he/she states that he/she had it, but it has been stolen or lost, or other; then ask for the number and write it down in the "DNI" boxes.
If he/she is a foreigner and do not have a DNI card, and only has a foreigner's Id card, fill in the oval of option 2. If he/she answers that he/she only has a passport, fill in the oval of option 2.
If there is a case of a newborn who on census day does not have a birth certificate or Id card, because he/she was born at home or in a place that did not allow him/her to obtain any kind of documentation, fill in the oval of option 3. He/she does not have any documents.
No questionnaire text is available for this sample.
For all persons.
[Question 2 through 12 were asked of all persons.]
P6. Birth Registration -Was [the respondent]'s birth registered with the Civil Registrar Office?
P6-Birth Registration
Provisions of the Civil Code and other laws in the country are concerned with the legal or civil rights of an individual. Civil rights could be granted only by the government and the proof of one's claim to such rights is dependent on official registration, the legal purpose for which civil registration was designed. The birth of a person is one of the vital events subject to official registration.
The recording of the occurrence of birth in the city/municipality civil registry office is called birth registration, and the proof of such registration is the birth certificate with a Local Civil Registry (LCR) number. The purpose of collecting this data is to determine the extent of birth registration in the country.
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Low registration of this vital event would prompt policy makers and program managers to devise measures to increase the level of birth registration in the country.
Ask the respondent, "Was [the respondent]'s birth registered with the Civil Registry Office?" If the birth registration of a member of the household is unknown to the respondent, verify from the member himself/herself. If after probing the birth registration is still unknown, mark the box opposite "3" for Don't Know.
[Questions 14-15 were asked of residents less than 18 years old.]
14. Parental survival and residence
15. Was the respondent's birth registered?
P15: Birth registration
Ask: Was [the person]'s birth registered?
Encircle the code number which matches the response given.
Note: Enumerator has to explain to respondent where the birth registration office is, such as at district office during the past years, but this moment the birth registration is done at Sector office.
The entire population
[Questions B01 through B10 were asked of all persons.]
B10. Birth certificate
B10: birth certificate
Enter 1 if the person has a birth certificate, 2 for a supplementary judgment, 3 for none and 9 for do not know.
A birth certificate is a legal deed from the civil registry, an authentic deed signed by a civil registrar who attests to the birth of a person. The term refers to the official document issued by the civil registrar following a declaration of birth within the deadlines (30 days for the normal declaration and 45 days to 1 year for the late declaration).
A supplementary judgement is the decision of the president of the departmental court to authorize the registrar to record certain declarations (birth, marriage, death and so on) on the registers. This judgement is necessary when the declaration has not been made within the time limit (1 year).
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]
P20. Birth registration
Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.
P20 --Birth registration
128. Ask if the person has a birth certificate and record the response given. Note that this question is for all members of the household irrespective of age. The possible codes are '1' for yes, '2' for no, and '3' for don't know.
16. Place of birth
(P13) Possession of birth certificate
Columns P11, P12, P13, P14 and P15 concern all the resident members of the household.
Column P13: Possession of birth certificate
Pose the following question: "Does [the respondent] possess a birth certificate?" Circle the code corresponding to the respondent's declaration. The document can be a birth certificate, a court decision substituting an official record, or any other document in their place.
NB 24: For those for whom the birth certificate has been drawn up but who do not have it when you are in the household, you consider them as possessing a birth certificate.
For all persons
P7 Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate?
KT1. Check question 4 or question 5: under 5 years old (born after March 2014) then go to question 8; otherwise go to question 9
8. At present does [the respondent] have birth certificate registered?
Part 1: Information about members of the household
Part 1 of the Census form consists of 41 questions, numbered sequentially from Question 1 to Question 41.
The respondent is the head of the household or a person knowledgeable about members of the household. For information on employment and birth history of women, DTV needs to interview DTDT face-to-face and collect information. In addition, for other information about members of the household, if the head of the household or the information provider is not knowledgeable, DTV also needs to interview DTDT face-to-face and record the information.
Test 1 (KT1)
The test question is intended to identify people under 5 years old (born after March 2014) to proceed to Question 8; for people aged 5 years and older (born before April 2014), DTV proceeds to Question 9.
For people with a year of birth but no information on month of birth (month of birth in Question 4 is recorded as code "98"), DTV identifies people born after 2014 to proceed to Question 8; for people born in 2014 or earlier, proceed to Question 9.
Question 8: Is [the respondent] registered for birth now?
This question is intended to collect information on birth registration status for children under 5 years old (born after March 2014).
Birth registration is the registration of birth for a newborn child at a competent state agency and must be carried out within the statutory period from the child's date of birth.
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In case a child has been registered for birth by his/her family but is waiting for the birth certificate, it will still be counted as having registered for birth.
P24. Does [the respondent] have a birth certificate?
Ask whether the child has a birth certificate. Ask to see it. Shade the appropriate code.
5. Does (the respondent) have a birth certificate?
Q5 Birth certificate
The individual does not need to have the birth certificate on their person. If the certificate is lost or destroyed, the individual is considered as not having the certificate.