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Ethnicity Questions by Country

South America — countries documented in the supplied census questionnaires

No currently documented South American questionnaire in this initial set has been retained for this topic. Entries will be added only when the supplied questionnaire explicitly supports them.

Chile

Status
Yes
Year
2024
Form
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 — Cuestionario de Abordaje Aymara
Question
2.07
¿Cuáles etnias, pueblos o grupos indígenas podemos encontrar en esta aldea/comunidad?

Responses:

The questionnaire provides five write-in spaces for “Etnias, pueblos ou grupos indígenas” (ethnicities, peoples, or Indigenous groups).

Question type: Open-ended; community-level identification of ethnicities, peoples, or Indigenous groups

Source: Chile_2024_cuestionario_Aymara_INE.pdf

Brazil

Status
Yes
Year
2022
Form
Censo Demográfico 2022 — Questionário Amostra
Question
4.03
Qual a sua etnia, povo ou grupo indígena?

Responses:

For a person who declared or considers themselves Indigenous, the questionnaire asks for the Indigenous ethnicity/people/group and provides up to two records (4.03.1 and 4.03.2) using a selectable list.

Question type: Open/selectable-list response; conditional on Indigenous identification

Source: brazil_2022_long_enumeration_form_IPUMS_PT.pdf

Colombia

Status
Yes
Year
2018
Form
Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018 — Cuestionario para hogares
Question
37
¿De acuerdo con su cultura, pueblo o rasgos físicos . . . es o se reconoce como:

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1Indígena? — Indigenous
2Gitano(a) o Rrom? — Romani/Rrom
3Raizal del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina
4Palenquero(a) de San Basilio
5Negro(a), mulato(a), afrodescendiente, afrocolombiano(a)
6Ningún grupo étnico — No ethnic group

Question type: 3 — specified ethnic-group identification

Source: Colombia_2018_enumeration_form_IPUMS_ES.pdf

Ecuador

Status
Yes
Year
2022
Form
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 — Cuestionario para viviendas particulares
Question
11
¿CÓMO SE IDENTIFICA (...) SEGÚN SU CULTURA Y COSTUMBRES:

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1Indígena? — Indigenous
2Afroecuatoriana/o o Afrodescendiente? — Afro-Ecuadorian/Afro-descendant
3Negra/o? — Black
4Mulata/o? — Mulatto
5Montubia/o
6Mestiza/o — Mestizo
7Blanca/o — White
8Otro? — Other; specify

Question type: 3 — cultural and customary ethnic identification

Source: Ecuador_2022_enumeration_form_IPUMS_ES.pdf

Guyana

Status
Yes
Year
2022
Form
2022 Population & Housing Census — Individual Questionnaire
Question
P1.4
To what ethnic group do you belong?

Responses:

Code / itemResponse
1African/Black
2Amerindian
3East Indian
4Chinese
5Mixed
6Portuguese
7White
8Other — specify

Question type: 2 — specified response with an “Other” write-in

Source: guyana_2022_combined_EN.pdf