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2020 Census: 52 cities take part in the Internet collection test

Section: IBGE

May 21, 2018 09h00 AM | Last Updated: May 21, 2018 12h35 PM

The IBGE carries out, starting today, the first Internet collection test for the 2020 Population Census. The test will take place in 52 municipalities in the country, spread over the five Major Regions, including part of the households of all capitals and cities with more than 500 thousand inhabitants, as well as Curitibanos (SC), Cravinhos (SP) and Baturité (CE). In the 2010 Census, the resource was used in few cases, only as an alternative to face-to-face interview on occasions when it was not possible.

The main objective of the test is to assess self-completion and compare it to face-to-face interviews. It is also important to test different ways of collection dissemination in the cities and assess the efficiency of e-ticket delivery (access code to the questionnaires) via Post Office. 

The use of the Internet as a way of collecting information for population surveys has grown around the world and has been widely discussed for the 2020 Census. 

The large-scale introduction of Internet collection is one of the possibilities that can be used in the 2020 Census and the test will assess the viability of the project. The test will also allow the monitoring of data quality and the logistical effort of the operation.

Although the questionnaire is identical in all locations, the test will not run equally in all areas. There will be three groups (A, B and C), divided according to their demographic characteristics. The form of disclosure and access to the questionnaires (e-ticket via Post Office, survey agent or granted access) will be different in each of the groups. They are divided as follows:

Group A: about 10 thousand households spread across 49 municipalities (capitals and other municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants)

Group B: approximately 3,000 households in three municipalities (9,000 as a whole): Rio Branco (AC), Juiz de Fora (MG) and Goiânia (GO) (they are also part of A)

Group C: all the households of Curitibanos (SC), Cravinhos (SP) and Baturité (CE)

In the areas where the e-tickets (groups A and B) will be used, code delivery will take place until the May 27. Residents of the municipalities in group C are being advised to access the test via IBGE's website. The questionnaires, however, will only be available for access from today until June 3.