Interviewer instructions
Geographic characteristics
Questions related to geographical characteristics (place of birth, year of arrival to Nicaragua of the foreign-born population, current usual place of residence,
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place of usual residence in April of 1966) are presented in order to study the internal and international migration of the population. The total number of migrants, the direction and tendency of the movements, as well as the principal characteristics of this population are investigated.
Question #8: Year of arrival in country
This question is only presented to those born abroad.
a. How to ask the question:
In which year did the person come to live in Nicaragua?
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b. How to record the information:
The year declared by the informant is recorded.
If the informant does not know the year of arrival to the country of one of the household members, the word "Unknown" is recorded in the space provided for the year.
An "X" is marked in the "Native ___" box that has been provided for those born in Nicaragua. This [box] is provided so that no box is left blank on the census form.
c. Examples:
[These instructions refer to a graph of question 8 on the census form]
