He 2024 Census began this Saturday and, given the questions originated mainly through «fake news«on social networks, the director of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Ricardo Vicuña, He reiterated that all information collected in the process will be used «solely for statistical purposes.»
«We are going to do interviews From the door, the functionaries They will wear a certain clothing, they are going to have one credential, they will have the opportunity to identify (…), We are going to have a series of measures that, we hope, provide maximum confidence to the population to provide their data,» he explained.
In addition, «data is used for statistical purposes only and they have no other purpose than to better understand the reality of the country’s inhabitants. and then make policies that benefit everyone,» he emphasized.
Along these lines, the INE has stressed that census takers will wear dark blue jackets, a hat and a backpack -everyone with him institution logo-, and your credential will have on the back a QR code to verify your identity.
This information can be corroborated by entering the interviewer’s ID in the portal. www.ine.gob.clin www.censo2024.inechile.cl or calling the phone Census 1525.
Earlier, the President Gabriel Boric clarified: the census takers «they will not ask you for any documents; and if you are not at home that day, don’t worry, because they will happen again.»
«I invite you to collaborate with this process, to treat well the pollsters who are making a mistake that is tremendously important,» he urged.
THE CENSUS IS «IMPORTANT» FOR SECURITY POLICIES
In the midst of the criminal acts recorded in the Metropolitan region -where six children have been shot to death so far this year -, the presidential delegate, Constanza Martínez, emphasized the process also as a useful tool for designing security policies.
«The Census is very important to be able to make good security policies. Today, there are communes that have tripled or quadrupled the number of inhabitants -as in the case of Central Station-, but we do not know with certainty how people are living, where people are living, or how many services are required,» the authority said.
«So, for example, to make such a ‘day-to-day’ decision like where and how a police station is located, we need to have that data,» hill.