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.
6. Afro-descendants
This question applies to all people in the housing unit. Its goal is to identify if any of them, according to their ancestors, customs, and traditions, are considered Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant.
Read the question completely and slowly, without omitting words, listen to the answer, and circle the corresponding option. Always ask the question, even if you consider that there are no Afro-Mexicans or Afro-descendants in your work area.
In case the respondent states that no one in the housing unit is Afro-Mexican, black, or Afro-descendant; in any case, it is important that you apply the question or use the confirmation technique for each of the people living in the housing unit. When the answer is yes, circle code 1. Yes; otherwise, 3. No.
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Black Afro-Mexicans or Afro-descendants are descendants of people from the African continent who arrived in Mexico during the colonial period, both as forced or free laborers, to work in haciendas, sugar mills, mines, manufacturing, workshops, and in household services such as cooks, wet nurses or midwives, among other activities. It also includes people of African origin who arrived in Mexico in later times and today.
The term ''negro(a)'' is used in the question, since in many regions of the country, Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant people are recognized in this way. In some places they are also identified as negros mascogos, negros costeños or negros jarochos. However, being Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant does not imply skin color or hair texture. For this reason, the question establishes ancestors, customs, and traditions as elements of identification and not skin color. It is important to respect the answer given by the respondent.
Pay special attention to the respondent's response, as sometimes they understand "Mexican" instead of "Afro-Mexican". Therefore, in case of answers such as "we are Mexican", "we were born here" or any other similar answer, comment that you are referring to the term Afro-Mexican and explain it.
If the person who informs you expresses discomfort when you apply the question Afro-descendants, and gives you a general answer for all the people in the housing unit, make it clear that you have to ask the question for each of the inhabitants of the housing unit, in order to identify
Afro-descendant people, without omitting any of them.
The question Afro-descendants is presented in the census manager as follows:
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