Ancestry Questions by Country
South America — countries documented in the supplied census questionnaires
UruguayArgentina
- 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 / item | Response |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sí |
| 2 | No |
| 9 | Ignorado |
Question type: 2 — specified response; targeted ancestry item concerning Black or African ancestors
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 / item | Response |
|---|---|
| 1 | Afrodescendiente — Afro-descendant |
| 2 | Afrochileno/a — Afro-Chilean |
| 3 | Negro/a — Black |
| 4 | Del Pueblo Tribal Afrodescendiente Chileno — Member of the Chilean Afro-descendant Tribal People |
| 5 | Moreno/a de Azapa |
| 6 | Negro/a de la Chimba |
| 7 | Ninguna 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 / item | Response |
|---|---|
| 1 | Afro o negra? — Yes/No |
| 2 | Asiática? — Yes/No |
| 3 | Blanca? — Yes/No |
| 4 | Indígena? — Yes/No |
| 5 | Otra — Yes/No |
| Q9 | If 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