At the beginning of March the 2024 Censusa statistical process that has a record duration of almost three months and that seeks to have an updated record of how many people live in Chile, in addition to other important data such as what areas they are in and under what conditions.
The process is in charge of National Institute of Statistics (INE) and Its objective is to support decision-making for the next 10 years of different public policies. such as the distribution of vaccines, construction of homes, hospitals, schools and other public and private services essential for the development of the country.
When does the 2024 Census end in Chile and is anything known about the date of the results?
Although the house-to-house survey process concluded on June 2, The 2024 Census continues with its data collection process until next June 30in a final stage where the “Online Census” was enabled for those who have not been censused.
Those who for some reason have not been counted during the first door-to-door stage of the Census will be able to access the process in two ways:
- Communicating to the “Fono Censo”, calling 1525 from Monday to Sunday between 9:00 a.m. and until 9:00 p.m. to access the Online Census.
- Also during the remainder of June Work will continue on the ground to visit the homes that have not responded to Census questions.
For now, the INE has not announced what date the results of the 2024 Census could be published.
How to participate in the Online Census?
Those who have not been registered must access the site at census2024.ine.gob.cl and Enter the 10-digit code with numbers and letters that appears on the invitation letter that the INE delivered to the home in the previous days.
Once you enter the code, you will be able to access the Online Census welcome screen, where you will be asked for an email to which they will send a security code and it will allow you to answer the questionnaire.
It is important to note that this questionnaire can be answered in more than one day.
What are the fines for not responding to the 2024 Census?
In the case of not responding to the Census, people are exposed to harsh fines, specifically the article 22 of Law 17,374 points out that those who refuse to answer the survey or provide false or altered data, will suffer a fine “not less than 1/5 nor more than four monthly vital salaries of the department of Santiago.”
This means that The amount can range from $11,000 to $235,000 and furthermore, it does not exempt the person from the obligation to answer the survey, since, if they refuse again, The value of the fine could be increased up to double.
