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Chapter III. Identification of households

1. How many people currently live in this place of habitation?

[] 1 One person (proceed to chapter 4)
[] 2 Two or more people

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Section 6: Total number of persons in the household

The purpose in defining the following concepts is to facilitate your inquiries into the questions in this section.

1. Date and census moment
The census date is Sunday, November 24 and the census moment is at zero hours on the 24th, that is, midnight between November 23rd and November 24th, 2002. Therefore:

Children born before zero hours on November 24, 2002 should be enumerated.

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Children who were born after zero hours on November 22, 2002, should not be enumerated;

Persons who died after zero hours on November 24, 2002 should be enumerated;

Persons who died before zero hours on November 24, 2002 should not be enumerated;

Make sure to enumerate children born before the census moment, whether or not they are in the dwelling on the day of the interview.

Ask, "How many persons are there in this household?"

In the appropriate spaces, write the total number of persons in the household, as well as the first and last name of each member. Begin with the head of household, who is number 1, followed by his/her spouse, single adult or minor children, other relatives and other non-relatives.

Correctly figuring out how many people are in the household will help you keep track of household members during the interview, as well as help you avoid omitting or duplicating persons in the census household when you write them down in Section VII, Individual characteristics.

[A graphic of question 3, from section 6 of the census form, is included here.]