6. Does [the person] consider him or herself a member of an indigenous people or an ethnic community?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (continue with question 9)
Definitions:
Indigenous people/ethnic community
This is a group of persons who maintain historic continuity with their indigenous background and who still share traditions and their own cultural values.
Territorially, indigenous peoples extend to the Pacific and the north-central border of the country with the exception of the Caribbean coast, where the majority of the Indian peoples who are descended from the Myuangnas-Sumus, Miskitus, Ramas and Garifunas and who still maintain their own language have settled. In this part of the territory there are also settlements of ethnic communities like the English- and Spanish-speaking Creoles and Mestizos (mixed European and indigenous).
Question 6. Does [the person] consider him or herself a member of an indigenous people or an ethnic community?
The importance of this question is to allow each person to self-identify with an indigenous group or specific ethnicity. Ask the question of every person in the household, regardless of what you may observe or believe.
Mark an "X" next to the alternative stated by the informant.
If the answer is "No", go to question 9.