This Tuesday the 2023 Census exceeded 250 thousand households registered digitallyin a process that began on April 29 and that will culminate in its virtual format on may 17th.
Several days after the start of the census, some doubts about the population survey that The Observer collected through a form. The first queries received were answered on May 4, but the survey is still open and sources from the National Statistics Institute (INE) They answered new questions from the population.
“Is it mandatory to enter the identity card of all household members in the digital Census?”
From the INE they indicated that It is not mandatory to enter the identification number of all the members of a household. “Only one is requiredto enter the questionnaire”, they detailed, adding that the remaining members can enter this data or not.
“If I don’t do the Census and I get a fine, who collects the fine?”
The INE can fine “those who do not provide information for statistical purposes”they indicated from the organization itself.
Not responding to the census It can carry fines of between a minimum of 20 UR ($31 thousand) and a maximum of 50 UR ($79 thousand).
“Does any organization or for any procedure ask me for a certificate that the Census was carried out?”
“No proof of having answered the Census will be requested in any public office,” INE sources responded.
“My mother’s ID is for life, that is, it has only 7 digits in total. The portal does not admit it to me, informing me that it is incorrect”
Statistical sources acknowledged that have experienced “some problems with a set of identity documents”situation that they are “analyzing”.
From the Institute they indicated that if an ID cannot be entered, can provide that information “another member of your household”as well as a person who does not live in that house and declares to be an “informant” in that survey.
An informant “is the person who is initially established to verify that he is of legal age and provide the contact (mail or cel), to send the access code to start the questionnaire, and then to receive the completion code,” they explained.
“Will foreigners who still do not have an identity card and are here for work reasons be registered?”
“Every person residing in the country at the time of the census is censused.regardless of your legal status of residence or any other circumstance”, was the response that came from the INE.
“Why does the State ask me about gender?”
The question about gender identity was criticized by the former presidential candidate Gustave Salle Lorier, who stated that he will present a writ of protection against that Census query.
INE sources indicated that the question concerns article 5 of the Comprehensive Law for Trans People (No. 19,684), which mandates: “Incorporate the ‘gender identity’ variable in all official statistical information systems, including censusescontinuous household surveys, reports from the National Civil Service Office and all public measurements that highlight the variable ‘sex'”.
“If a person completed the digital Census and moves during the census period, should they complete the face-to-face census again?”
As indicated by the agency, a person who goes through this situation “You will be prompted for the completion code you obtained at your previous residence.”
“Once the digital Census has been sent, can an omission or error be corrected?”
Institute sources indicated that “The issue is being worked on.”
“How can I inform INE that there will be no person in my house?”
People can leave a hard copy of your QR code “at the door” of his house, or you can deliver “to the porter” or another local person with the “apartment number” clarified, in case it is a building, they assured from the INE.
Also, also the code can be pasted on the door of the building or home.
“I live in a Mides shelter. How do I register myself in person?”
The “shelters, hospitals, prisons” are considered “collective homes” and “they will be counted later”, detailed statistical sources.
“I am a teacher and I received the electronic notebook that we have to talk to the students about the census. Where can you find information?”
INE recommends that teachers search for information on the official census website, censo2023.uy, and on the page ineduca.ine.gub.uy from the institute itself.
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