Tribe / Indigenous Affiliation Questions by Country
South America — countries documented in the supplied census questionnaires
Argentina
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2022
- Form
- Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas — Individual Population Questionnaire
- Question
- 22–24
Responses:
| Code / item | Response |
|---|---|
| Q22 | Recognizes as Indigenous or descendant of Indigenous or original peoples: Yes / No / Ignorado. |
| Q23 | Which Indigenous or original people? — response field. |
| Q24 | Does the person speak and/or understand the language of that Indigenous or original people? — Yes / No / Ignorado. |
Question type: 3 — Indigenous self-identification, people/affiliation, and language follow-up
Bolivia
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2024
- Form
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 — Boleta Censal
- Question
- 32
Responses:
| Code / item | Response |
|---|---|
| No | No |
| Sí | Yes — specify the Indigenous Original Peasant nation/people or Afro-Bolivian identity. |
Question type: 2 — self-identification with Indigenous/Original Peasant nation or people or Afro-Bolivian identity
Chile
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2024
- Form
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 — Cuestionario Censal
- Question
- 28
Responses:
| Code / item | Response |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mapuche |
| 2 | Aymara |
| 3 | Rapa Nui |
| 4 | Atacameño o Lickanantay |
| 5 | Quechua |
| 6 | Colla |
| 7 | Diaguita |
| 8 | Kawésqar |
| 9 | Yagán |
| 10 | Chango |
| 11 | Selk’nam |
| 12 | Otro — Other |
Question type: 2 — specified response; respondents who answer yes are asked “¿A cuál?”
Source: Chile_2024_cuestionario_viviendas_particulares_INE.pdf
Brazil
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2022
- Form
- Censo Demográfico 2022 — Questionário Amostra
- Question
- 4.03
For people who declared or consider themselves Indigenous, the questionnaire records the Indigenous ethnicity, people, or group in up to two entries. This is the questionnaire's Indigenous/tribal affiliation item.
Question type: Open/selectable-list response; conditional on Indigenous identification
Colombia
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2018
- Form
- Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018 — Cuestionario para hogares
- Question
- 37.1–37.4
Responses / follow-ups:
| Item | Response |
|---|---|
| 37.1 | ¿A cuál pueblo indígena pertenece . . .? — Which Indigenous people does the person belong to? Specify the Indigenous people. |
| 37.2 | ¿A cuál clan pertenece . . .? — Which clan does the person belong to? |
| 37.3 | ¿A cuál vitsa pertenece . . .? — Which vitsa does the person belong to? |
| 37.4 | ¿A cuál kumpania pertenece . . .? — Which kumpania does the person belong to? |
Question type: 4 — open-ended Indigenous affiliation follow-ups
Ecuador
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2022
- Form
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2022 — Cuestionario para viviendas particulares
- Question
- 12
Responses:
| Item | Response |
|---|---|
| Nationalidad / Pueblo indígena | Specify the Indigenous nationality or people; the form provides lists of Indigenous nationalities and peoples. |
Interpretation: This is included as tribal/Indigenous affiliation, not citizenship. In the questionnaire it appears within the cultural/ethnic identification block.
Question type: 4 — specified Indigenous nationality/people affiliation
Peru
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2017
- Form
- Censos Nacionales 2017 — Cédula Censal
- Question
- 25
Responses:
| Code / item | Response |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quechua |
| 2 | Aimara |
| 3 | Nativo o indígena de la Amazonía — specify |
| 4 | Perteneciente o parte de otro pueblo indígena u originario — specify |
Question type: 2 — Indigenous people/nationality self-identification within the broader identity question