7. Place of birth
In what municipality were you born? If born in Nicaragua write the names of the municipality and department. If born abroad, write the name of the country.
____ Municipality
____ Department or country
Geographic characteristics
Questions related to geographical characteristics (place of birth, year of arrival to Nicaragua of the foreign-born population, current usual place of residence,
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place of usual residence in April of 1966) are presented in order to study the internal and international migration of the population. The total number of migrants, the direction and tendency of the movements, as well as the principal characteristics of this population are investigated.
Question #7: Place of birth
a. How to ask the question:
In which municipality was the person born?
If the person was born in Nicaragua, the name of the department to which the municipality corresponds is requested.
If the person was born abroad, the name of the country is requested.
b. How to record the information:
If the enumerated person was born in Nicaragua, the following information is recorded in order:
1) The name of the municipality where born; and
2) The name of the department to which the municipality corresponds.
If the person was born abroad, the name of the birth country is recorded.
c. Examples:
[These instructions refer to a graph of question 7 on the census form]