Interviewer instructions
Color or race
Objective:
To understand the composition of the Brazilian population by color or race [raça] by updating studies on the patterns of ethnic evolution and distribution.
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Question 4.08 - What is your color or race :
Read the options of color or race to the person and consider that which is declared. If the declaration does not correspond to any of the alternatives presented in the question, explain the options so that the person can classify himself or herself in the group he or she judges most adequate.
Mark the square, as the case may be:
1 - White - for persons who classify themselves as white;
2 - Black - for persons who classify themselves as black;
3 - Brown (parda) - For persons who classify themselves as brown (parda), or declare mulatto, mixed white and Indian (caboclo), mixed black and Indian (cafuzo), mixed white and Indian (mameluco) or of mixed blood (mestiço);
4 - Yellow - for persons who classify themselves as yellow (of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc. origin);
5 - Indigenous - for persons who classify themselves as indigenous or declare that they are Indians.
Whenever necessary, explain to the person that the classification of yellow does not refer to a person who has yellowish skin due to diseases such as malaria, hookworm disease, etc.
The classification of Indigenous applies to indigenous or native persons, whether or not they inside or outside villages or reservations.
