FAQ English

Each person who lives more than 1 year on the island.
Each person who during the Census lives less than 1 year but plans to live more than 1 year on the island.
People who are part of a family in a house have to fill out the Census questionnaire.
Persons living temporarily in a homestay are counted as living in that homestay and will be counted in the Census.
People who died during the census season (9 march 12:00 AM)

• Tourists
• Persons who are living less than 1 year on Curaçao and who do not have the intention of staying for 1 year or more on Curaçao (e.g. persons that come to Curaçao to work for only a few months or persons that work abroad and that only come to Curaçao during their vacation) Curaçao's that live abroad (e.g. students)
• Soldiers who stay less than 1 year on Curaçao

The Census takes place according to the principles and recommendations of the United Nations and is held every 10 years

The questionnaire of the Census 2023 is in 4 languages. The preferred language to answer the questions can be chosen from: Papiamento, Spanish, English and Dutch.

The topics are as follows:

*Building Point Information
*Type of Living Accommodation
*Household
*Demography and migration
*Religion
*Health
*Fertility
*Education
*Labour market
*Income
*Type of living accommodation
*Water Supply
*Shower and Toilet Facilities
*Energy
*Property Rights/Type of Owner
*Communication/Other Facilities in the Living Accommodation
*Pets
*Transportation
*Disturbance/Nuisance in Surrounding Areas

For more detail on these topics and what questions they can ask you about you can visit the website and read in the Pilot Census Manual

All CBS workers will have an identification badge along with them. On top of this badge there is his/her name, and a photo. When the CBS worker approach you, they will properly identify himself.

If you are still doubting that the person who approach you is a CBS worker, you can always call 839-2300 or send a whatsapp to +59995202227 to verify the worker's identity.

Basically every citizen is obliged to participate in the researches done by the CBS. For some research
(mostly researches concerning companies) this obligation, if necessary, is actually being enforced by the
CBS. For researches that are being done from door to door (for example a Census) no penalties are being
imposed on the home owners if they refuse to give their cooperation. However, the CBS finds it more
important that people cooperate willingly and hopes to be able to convince them of the importance for
everybody to cooperate, through providing information in an effective manner.

Everybody that in one way or another is connected to the Census, is obliged by law to deal in a
confidential manner with the information that came to their attention when executing activities related
to the Census. Persons whom trespass this law will be persecuted. All information gathered during then Census will only be used to produce statistics.