Questionnaire Text

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VII. 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?

[] 1 Here
[] [If born in this country write the name of the municipality and department]

____ Municipality
____ Department or country

[] If born abroad, write the country and ask: In what year did you come to live permanently in this country?

Year of arrival in the country 19 _ _
[Name of the country] ____

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B. Second block: geographical characteristics (for all persons)

The questions relating to geographical characteristics are designed to study internal and international migration of the population.

It is desired to find out the total number of migrants and the patterns of these movements as well as the principal characteristics of this population.

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]