Table 3. Number of Variables by Country and Type: 1990 Census Round Example

				Social &						Geography &			Dwelling
Country	Total			Demographic			Economic			Migration			Characteristics

Argentina, 1991	55			13			13			15			14
Bolivia, 1992	78			27			16			16			19
Brazil, 1991	126			50			25			17			34
Chile, 1992	72			19			4			5			44
Colombia, 1993	55			29			4			11			11
Dominican Republic, 1993	59			19			9			8			23
Ecuador, 1990	68			25			8			14			21
El Salvador, 1992	90			37			8			15			30
Guatemala, 1994	93			54			4			11			24
Honduras, 1988	72			43			7			14			15
Mexico, 1990	52			20			6			4			22
Nicaragua, 1995	107			55			9			21			22
Panama, 1990	116			31			25			7			53
Paraguay, 1992	82			29			12			4			37
Peru, 1993	75			27			7			9			32
Puerto Rico, 1990	122			41			31			13			37
Uruguay, 1996	91			24			12			11			44
Venezuela, 1990	82			26			13			5			38


Social-demographic variables: age, sex, marital status, relationship to reference person, disabilities, literacy, school attendance, years of education, level of education, ethnicity/race, citizenship, mother tongue, religion, citizenship, children ever born, children living, date of last live birth/survival status, p/maternal orphanhood, deaths in past twelve months.
Economic variables: activity status, occupation, branch/industry, hours worked, income, employment status.
Geography/migration: place of enumeration/residence (major/minor civil division), size of place, urban/rural area, birthplace (major/minor civil division/country), residence x years ago (major/minor civil division/country).
Dwelling characteristics: dwelling type, walls/roof/flooring materials, year of construction, ownership/tenure, floor space, water, toilet/sewage, lighting/electricity, cooking fuel/facilities, bathroom/facilities, bedrooms, transportation, domestic appliances, auto/transport, tv/radio/pc, occupants/occupancy type.