Rio de Janeiro – The 2010 Census of the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) should have a total cost of 1.67 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 910 million), when totalling expenses in planning, collection of information and data processing. At least 70% of this total should be spent on the 230,000 workers involved in the process. This information was disclosed today (26) at a press conference.
The collection work begins on August 1st, after a rapid worker training. Expectations are for the collection to end in October and the first results should be disclosed in December this year.
According to the executive director at the IBGE, Sergio Cortes, the first figures disclosed should be about the male and female populations and the quantity of people who live in urban and rural areas, per city.
The results will be presented gradually over the following months, at least up to December 2011. According to Cortes, the Census, promoted every ten years, is the most complete report of the Brazilian population, as the questionnaires involve several questions.
“In late 2010 and early 2011, we are going to show who we are and how we live, a perfect X-ray.” He pointed out that the figures will help governments to prepare public policies in the area of health and education, among others. “But it will also identify new opportunities for the private sector,” said Cortes.
This year, according to the IBGE, there should be changes in the questions to be answered by citizens. Apart from the items that were already included in the 2000 Census, like personal questions about residents and physical conditions of their homes, there should be specific questions about Brazilians who migrate and about Indian languages. In the section about electronic products at home, there should be questions about the use of mobile telephony and Internet access.
*Translated by Mark Ament
