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VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2001
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ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Race or ethnicity (EC2001A_RACE)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" EC01A408 EC01A409">6. How does he/she consider himself/herself: Indigenous, Black (Afro-Ecuadorian), Mestizo, Mulato, White, or other?<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Indigenous</div><br /><div class="i2">What indigenous nationality or group does he/she belong to? ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 2 Black (Afro-Ecuadorian)<br />[ ] 3 Mestizo<br />[ ] 4 Mulato<br />[ ] 5 White<br />[ ] 6 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Indigenous
2 Black
3 Mestizo
4 Mulatto
5 White
6 Other
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
<svar a="all" v="EC01A408 EC01A409"><span class="em">Question 6.- What do you consider yourself: indigenous, black (afro-Ecuadorian), mestizo, mulatto, white, or other?</span><br /><br />[There is a picture of question 6 from this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Nationalities.- </span>These are historical and political entities that make up the Ecuadorian State and that have a common identity, history, language, their own culture, that live in a specific territory, using their own institutions and traditional forms of social, economic, and political organization, and exercise of their own authority. The following nations are considered:<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 41]</span><br /><br />Awa / Kichwa / Siona / Chachi / Shuar / Secoya / Epera / Achuar / Záparo / Tza'chila / Huaorani / Cofán.<br /><br /><span class="em">Populations.- </span>These are native groups made up of communities or centers, with cultural identities distinct from other sectors of the Ecuadorian society, governed by their own systems of social, economic, political, and legal organization. The following peoples exist: Caranqui / Quitu / Puruhá / Natabuela / Panzaleo / Cañari / Otavalo / Chivuelo / Saraguro / Cayambi / Salasaca / Manta / Huancavilca.<br /><br />The new constitution establishes the recognition of the indigenous nations and peoples. For this reason, it is necessary to identify the indigenous group people belong to (articles 83, 84 political constitution of the state).<br /><br />Read the categories in order and mark the box corresponding to the answer given by the informant.<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Indigenous.- </span>Is an individual who is native to the country.<br /><br /><span class="em">Black (afro-Ecuadorian).- </span>Is an individual with dark or black skin and/or who has some afro-Ecuadorian characteristic or origin.<br /><br /><span class="em">Mestizo.- </span>Is an individual born of a father and mother of different races.<br /><br /><span class="em">Mulatto.- </span>Is an individual born of a black man and a white woman or vice versa.<br /><br /><span class="em">White.- </span>Is a person who comes from the European or Caucasian race.<br /><br /><span class="em">Other.- </span>If the person doesn't fit into one of the previously mentioned groups.</div><br /><br />If the informant responds Indigenous, box 1, immediately ask: <span class="em">What indigenous nation or indigenous people do you belong to?</span>, and record it in the space provided.<br /><br /><span class="em">Example:</span><br /><br />Indigenous Nations: Awa / Kichwa / Siona / Chachi / Shuar / Secoya / Epera / Achuar / Záparo / Tza'chila / Huaorani / Cofán.<br /><br />Indigenous People.- Caranqui / Quitu / Puruhá / Natabuela / Panzaleo / Cañari / Otavalo / Chivuelo / Saraguro / Cayambi / Salasaca / Manta / Huancavilca.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the ethnicity reported by the person.
Universe
Ecuador 2001: All persons

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