16. Indigenous self-assignment: According to his/her culture, is [the respondent] considered an indigenous person?

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.

16. Indigenous self-identification
The question is applied to people who are of 3 years of age or older and aims to recognize how many of them consider themselves indigenous according to their culture.

Always ask the question, even if you consider that there are no indigenous in your work area.
If the answer is yes, circle code 1. Yes; otherwise, select 3. No.
When the respondent expresses doubt or does not understand the question, mention that a person is or recognizes him/herself as an indigenous when:

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Remember that indigenous identity is not always related to speaking an indigenous language; it is possible to speak an indigenous language and not consider oneself as such; otherwise, a person can consider him/herself as an indigenous without speaking an indigenous language.

Therefore, if the person mentions that he/she does not know how to speak a language, ask if he/she considers him/herself to be indigenous.

The question of indigenous self-identification is presented to the census manager as follows:

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