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General Population Census VIII, Homes IV and Housing VI - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2011
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URY_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Main ethnicity (UY2011A_ANCESTRY)

Data file: URY2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Question 7 is asked only when the respondent responded "Yes" to more than one ancestry in question 6.]</p>

<p><span class="em">7. Which of the following do you consider your main ancestry?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 African or black<br />[] 2 Asian or yellow (<span class="lang">amarilla</span>)<br />[] 3 White<br />[] 4 Indigenous<br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 6 None (there is no main ancestry)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Afro or Black
2 Asian or Yellow
3 White
4 Indigenous
5 Other
6 No principal ancestry
9 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Do you believe you have the following ancestry?</p>

<p>Ancestry is understood as the ethnic-racial origin that corresponds to a social construction based on the phonotypical differences of people.</p>

<p>You should formulate the question just as it is written and read each option marking "yes" or "no" according to the informant's response.</p>

<p>The criterion for the response is the auto-identification of the people with one or more of the following options:</p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>African or black</li>

<li>Asian or yellow (<span class="lang">amarilla</span>)</li>

<li>White</li>

<li>Indigenous</li>

<li>Other</li>
</ul><p>If the informant declares the option "other" you must specify the corresponding ancestry.</p>

<p>The nationality of the ancestors is not considered ancestry. So that you should not register Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian, etc.</p>

<p>Which one do you consider the principal ancestry?</p>

<p>If the informant has declared more than one ancestry, consult him/her and record which of the ones signaled is considered primary. It can happen that the informant declares not having a "principal one". In the case you should record the option "None (there is no principal ancestry)".

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the person's main ethnicity.
Universe
Uruguay 2011: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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