was enabled on digital census in Uruguay and there will be time to fill it up to the May 17 of this 2023. It is the first time that it is carried out in this format in our country. The last time the census was carried out was in 2011 in person.
Important information: the form can be filled out in stages, since the system will save the information entered automatically.
Who should complete it? To access the form digitally, the person must be of legal age and live in a private home where there is a UTE meter. The data from the UTE meter and the account number will be requested when starting the form, both data appear on the invoice. Below are the details to complete it.
Step by step to carry out the 2023 Digital Census in Uruguay
1- To carry out the Digital Census, you must enter the website censo2023.uy and click where it says “Start census.” A page will open in which you must select “Accept the terms of this consent” and click on “Begin”.
2- The system will request that you enter the meter number (or meter) of your UTE service and the account number, You will find this information on your UTE invoice. Enter these data and click the button “Following”, HE explained on the Census website.
3- In this step you must complete your personal information: name, identity card and choose one of the two options: Enter your mobile number or email, to receive an access code that will allow you to complete the census. Then click on “Following”.
4- Enter the code what did you get for SMS or by mail (depending on the option you chose in the previous step). Keep in mind that the code it may take a few minutes to be sent to your email or cell phone. Remember to check the emails in the Spam tray of your email. (Only in case you haven’t received the code, past a few minutesclick on “It did not arrive, request again” and the system will send you another code so that you can access to complete the census. Once received, enter it and click on “Following”).
5- Click on: “Start census” and agreed to answer the questions in the questionnaire.
6- The census questionnaire is composed ofr three modules: Dwellings, Households and People. When you complete a module, you can continue to the next. “In case you have doubts about any answer or do not have time to continue Don’t worry! You will be able to answer the questionnaire at another time, the information you have already entered will be saved automatically,” indicates the Census website.
7- Once you answer the complete questionnaire, the system will show you a completion code that will also be sent by email to your email or by SMS to your cell phone. It is very important that you save this code since, once the digital census stage is over, a census taker will visit your home. “Once the code has been delivered to the census taker, you finished the census!”, concludes the guide
The person responsible for completing the form will do so in relation to all the people who live in the same household. Another important fact: Collective housing and premises “they should not fill out the Digital Census”, point to the website. In those households where the digital modality has not been carried out, the census taker will make the inquiries in person. The stage of face-to-face visits is expected for the second half of May when the digital entry period has expired.
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Census 2023 in Uruguay: is it mandatory?
From the National Institute of Statistics (INE) they appeal to people to assume their civic responsibility since the information in an aggregated way allows to identify building issues, transportation, health, education and others.
But beyond that, Law 16,616 indicates in its article 14 that “All natural or legal persons, non-state public persons and public bodies They are obliged to provide the data that is required of them, for statistical purposes, by the members of the National Statistical System and within the period that is set for them”. I know all the sanctions in this note.
