Interviewer instructions
Household members [who are] usual residents
The following persons are listed as household members in this Section III, "household composition":
1. Those persons who are usual residents of the household and are present at the time of the interview.
2. Usual residents who are not present at the time of the interview for the following reasons:
a) they are on vacation, in or outside of the country.
b) they are working, in or outside of the country, but who generally sleep in the dwelling.
The head of household or his/her spouse or partner is considered to be a usual resident of the household, even if they live outside of it during all or part of the week because of work. This only applies if they commonly return to the household for weekends.
c) They are temporarily in or outside of the country because of an illness or surgical operation, but will return the home as soon as this circumstance passes.
d) They are temporarily detained for minor infractions or offenses not yet tried in the courts.
e) They are studying abroad but depend economically on persons or institutions in Venezuela.
Those present in the household but who do not have a place of usual residence in another place at the time of the interview.
Column 4
Mark whether the person is present or absent.
This question requests that the person indicate the condition of presence for each usual resident.
Presence condition
Each usual resident who is found to be present at the time of the interview is marked as "present". The exceptions, who will also be marked as present, are the usual residents in one of the following situations:
1. One who, at the time of the interview, is in the same locality, at the factory, office, business, school, or workshop, etc.
2. One who is admitted to a hospital or clinic in the same locality for a temporary illness [not chronic], surgical operation, giving birth, or medical checkup for a short period of time.
3. One who is temporarily detained in the same locality for a minor offense or infraction.
4. One who regularly sleeps in the dwelling but who spends the majority of the day in another home because of work (domestic employee, chauffeur, etc.) or because of school attendance.
Those who are wandering the streets on the Census day and do not have a place of residence (beggars, insane persons, etc), should be enumerated in the place where they are found. The space for "observations" in Section III "Household Composition" of the General Enumeration Questionnaire is used to make the pertinent annotations in such cases.
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Absence condition
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Each Usual Resident found to be in one of the following situations at the time of the interview is marked as "Absent":
1. Absent from the dwelling because of vacation, tourism, business, or work that presupposes the absence of one or more nights and a return within a short period of time.
2. Admitted to a hospital or clinic, outside of the locality, for a temporary illness [not chronic], surgical operation, giving birth, or medical checkup for a short period of time.
3. Temporarily detained in a different locality for a minor offense or infraction.
4. Studying abroad but economically dependent on people or institutions in Venezuela.
Reminder: if a usual resident is not present at the time of the interview but will return on the same day, the "present" oval is filled in and an individual questionnaire (white) is left in the case not all information can be collected.
