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Ancestry Questions by Country

South America — countries documented in the supplied census questionnaires

Uruguay

Argentina

Status
Yes
Year
2022
Form
Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas — Individual Population Questionnaire
Question
25
¿Se reconoce afrodescendiente o tiene antepasados negros o africanos?

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1
2No
9Ignorado

Question type: 2 — specified response; targeted ancestry item concerning Black or African ancestors

Source: Argentina_2022_enumeration_form_IPUMS_ES.pdf

Chile

Status
Yes
Year
2024
Form
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 — Cuestionario Censal
Question
29
De acuerdo con sus antepasados, tradiciones y cultura, es o se considera:

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1Afrodescendiente — Afro-descendant
2Afrochileno/a — Afro-Chilean
3Negro/a — Black
4Del Pueblo Tribal Afrodescendiente Chileno — Member of the Chilean Afro-descendant Tribal People
5Moreno/a de Azapa
6Negro/a de la Chimba
7Ninguna de las anteriores — None of the above

Question type: 2 — specified response; ancestry/traditions/culture-based identity question

Source: Chile_2024_cuestionario_viviendas_particulares_INE.pdf

Uruguay

Status
Yes
Year
2023
Form
Censo 2023 — Cuestionario de personas
Question
8–9
(nombre), ¿cree tener ascendencia…?

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1Afro o negra? — Yes/No
2Asiática? — Yes/No
3Blanca? — Yes/No
4Indígena? — Yes/No
5Otra — Yes/No
Q9If more than one “Sí” in Q8, which does the person consider the principal? Afro/black, Asian, White, Indigenous, Other, or None

Question type: 2 — multiple ancestry indicators followed by a principal-ancestry selection

Source: Uruguay_2023_enumeration_form_IPUMS_ES.pdf