This Saturday, April 29 at 9:00 p.m. the first stage of the 2023 Census which will be digital Thus, steps are advanced for that when the census taker arrives at the address, all you have to do is show him the Verification code.
whatThe 2023 Census is mandatory? This first stage is not, but the next one is. That is, if the person completed the online version, he will only have to show the census taker the code that the page displays after answering the form.
But if the person did not comply with that first stage, they will be obliged to answer the census taker’s questions in person.
Although there are fines established by law, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) appeals not to have to apply them and that people assume their civic responsibility since the information in an aggregated way allows to identify building issues, transportation, health, education and others.
The face-to-face stage, as reported by the INE, will begin in May. Collective housing and premises should not fill out the Digital Census.
Step by step to carry out the Digital Census
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.
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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
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Collective and local housing
Collective housing and premises “they should not fill out the Digital Census”, point to the website.
“Are collective housing those intended to be inhabited by a group of people subject to a common authority or regime that is not based on family ties or cohabitation, but for reasons of work, medical attention, study, military, religious, confinement, etc. Collective housing can occupy a building in whole or in part”, it is explained.
On the other hand, the premises are “those buildings used exclusively for some activity without residential purposes, such as shops, warehouses and industries.
How to identify the census takers?
In May, once the Digital Census stage was passed, the census takers will go to the homes withno an identification vest that will have logos of both the INE and the 2023 Census. The workers will also have an identification card.
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“When in doubt, verify the identity of the census taker”he said in January the director of the INEDiego Aboal, in Informal Breakfasts (Channel 12). Thus, he reported that this can be done in two ways: calling 0800 2023 (a call center that the INE enabled precisely for this) and through the page censo2023.uywhich has a census taker checker; “Put the identity number that will appear on the card and it will immediately tell you if it is or not,” said the director of the institute.
