According to this independent organization, more than 47 percent of households responded digitally to the 2023 Census.
The director of the National Institute of Statistics, Diego Abal, told the Montevideo portal that this figure corresponds to more than 600 thousand households and more than one and a half million people already registered.
At the end of our day the ability to fill out online forms and
After the completion of this phase, at the end of May, the census takers will gradually begin to conduct the face-to-face census in the territory.
This means visiting 1,500,000 addresses registered in previous maps, distributed in more than 650 urban locations across the country.
There are 61 questions that seek to find out, among other things, the size of Uruguay’s population, living conditions, housing, education level, and other details.
One of the questions seeks to know who is the head of the family, sparking controversy regarding gender differences.
The head of the National Institute of Statistics explained, “It has nothing to do with the distribution of power. It has to do with knowing what kinds of homes there are. If they are single parents, if they are childless couples. It is not thought in terms of the distribution of power.”
Among the new data required, all people will be asked the gender of record at birth (including category “X”) and how they consider themselves/perceive themselves (“woman,” “transgender/transsexual woman,” “male,” “trans” male) ). / Trans Masculinity”, “Non-binary”, “Another Identity / None of the Above”.
It also aims to find out about the impact of immigration in the country, among other interests.
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