10. Habitual residence in April, 1966:
Only for those 5 years of age or older
In what municipality did you live in April of 1966? If residing in Nicaragua, write the name of the municipality and department. If residing 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 #10: Place of usual residence in April of 1966
This question is only presented to those persons age 5 or older.
a. How to ask the question:
In what municipality did you reside in April of 1966?
The name of the department to which the municipality corresponds is requested.
If the person resided abroad, the name of the country of usual residence is requested.
b. How to record the information:
If the person resided in Nicaragua, the following information is recorded:
1) The name of the municipality;
2) The name of the department
If the person resided abroad, a line "--" is drawn in the space designated for the municipality and the name of the country is recorded in the space provided for the Department or country.
c. Examples:
[These instructions refer to a graph of question 10 on the census form]