Data collection for the 2022 Demographic Census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is not over yet. One of the main reasons is the number of people who did not want to contribute to the research. According to the institute, at least 1,978,410 million Brazilians refused to respond to the Census.
Anyone who refuses to provide information to IBGE census takers may receive a fine of up to R$13,200 (read below).
Information gathering began in August 2022 and was supposed to end in October of the same year, but was postponed to December. Now, IBGE’s expectation is that the Census will only end at the end of January.
According to data from the IBGE, the average rejection rate in the Brazilian states is 2.82%. São Paulo has the highest rejection rate: 5.42% of the population refused to respond. Next are Mato Grosso (3.52%), Rio de Janeiro (3.50%), Roraima (3.06%) and Espírito Santo (3.04%).
Specifically about São Paulo, the IBGE has a possible explanation for the high refusal. The state has the largest number of condominiums and buildings with electronic entrance, which, according to the IBGE, makes contact with residents difficult. Census takers have come across situations in which doormen and superintendents do not allow access to tenants.
IBGE makes at least three attempts to contact the people selected to respond to the survey, which lasts about three minutes.
Dial-Census 137
The institute makes Dial-Census 137 available so that residents of households where no one answered the 2022 Census can schedule an interview.
The service operates from 8am to 9.30pm and, according to the IBGE, “will be made available gradually in the municipalities, and according to the progress of collection in each location”.
demographic census
The Demographic Census takes place every ten years, enables socioeconomic analyzes of the country and can contribute to the formation of public policies. According to the IBGE, the survey “constitutes the main source of reference for knowledge of the living conditions of the population in all the municipalities of the Country and in its internal territorial cuts, having as collection unit the resident person, on the reference date , at home in the National Territory”.
The survey that was scheduled to take place in 2020 was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic and budget cuts. In addition to refusal, other reasons contribute to the delay in completing the survey, such as the lack of enumerators. Wages are considered low and provoke disinterest in the population.
fine and secrecy
Responding to the IBGE is a legal duty for all Brazilians. Those who refuse may be fined. According to Law No. 5,534, of November 14, 1968, anyone who refuses to provide requested information “will be subject to a fine of up to 10 (ten) times the highest minimum wage in force in the country, when first; and up to twice that limit when a repeat offender. If the refusal is repeated, the citizen can be fined up to 10 times the amount of the minimum wage”.
That is, considering that the minimum wage for 2023 is BRL 1,320, the fine can reach BRL 13,200.
The law also guarantees that the data collected by the institute are confidential: “The information provided will be confidential, will be used exclusively for statistical purposes, and cannot be the object of a certificate, nor, under any circumstances, will it serve as evidence in administrative, fiscal proceedings. or judicial, except, only, in what results from the violation of the provisions of this law”.
Preview of 2022
The IBGE released, at the end of 2021, the preview of the population of Brazilian municipalities. According to partial results, collected up to December 25, Brazil reached 207,750,291 inhabitants in 2022. According to the latest balance sheet, 83.9% of the population has already been registered, totaling 87.7 million households individuals and more than 178 million people.
On December 28, the information disclosed by the IBGE was delivered to the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), “for the purposes of calculating the distribution of the Municipalities Participation Fund (FPM), made according to the number of inhabitants”, said a statement released by the institute.
Source: CNN Brasil
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