INEC Household Survey Starts Today

The Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2012 (national household survey) is on, as some 150 Instituto de Estadística y Censo (INEC) will knock on 13.400 homes across the country.



The survey will be held in the Central Valley until July 16 and onto other regions, ending by August 3.

This survey is conducted every July to determine social, demographic and economic characteristics of the population.

The INEC investigation will focus on two themes: the access and use by Costa Ricans of Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (Tics) - Information and Communication Technologies, ICTs - and participation in cultural events.

All INEC officials will be carry proper identification, that includes a photo badge and dressed in jackets with the INEC logo and leave behind an information flyer.

The survey will be conducted between 8am and 8pm from Monday to Saturday and comes at a cost of ¢400 million colones.