The 8th Census, the 7th Census and the 1st Census have entered the processing phase, after the verification and quality control operation was completed, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reported.

The entity explained that during the registration, verification and quality control phase, approximately 18,000 people participated, reaching approximately 6.8 million homes across the country.

During the online census, 15% of the population responded to the INEC questionnaire online, and after the completion of the personal count, it is expected that there will be less population than estimated

The census began online on October 1, 2022, and so in the month that this alternative lasted, about 2.3 million households were listed. It was conducted in person from November 7 and was supposed to end on December 18, but by that date about 500,000 more homes had to be listed, which is 7% of the total planned 6.7 million, and for this reason the process until January 2023 for those who lag behind.

“The initial planning of the operation was extended due to the difficult situation of insecurity that the country has faced in recent months, with unfavorable weather conditions,” INEC justified in a statement, although he stressed that despite these adverse conditions, it was achieved. complete the field operation.

The entity found that incidents related to robberies, thefts, traffic accidents and other minor processes affected 4% of the staff during this process in the field. However, they assure that the enumerators had personal accident insurance and timely supervision by INEC.

Enumerators will visit homes for another two weeks to collect information from abandoned people

Of these incidents, 1.3% refers to the theft of tablets (239 cases), which had appropriate insurance policies. It is a technological tool that enumerators started using in their fieldwork to collect data in apartments.

Meanwhile, the next phase is data processing, where there will be technical support from international organizations to guarantee a technical and transparent exercise, according to INEC, which expects the first census results to be ready next May, according to initial planning.