H.11
Percentage of relevant data sources that include indigenous self-identification, including censuses, surveys and administrative records in the different sectors.

Definition:

Ratio between: (i) numerator: number of data sources of the national statistical system that include indigenous identification, and (ii) denominator: total number of data sources of the national statistical system (per cent).

Notes:

This indicator is fundamental since it reflects the spirit of SDG 17.18 to provide, by 2020, timely and quality data with an ethnicity and race breakdown. In order to determine who is indigenous in the statistical data, there is an international consensus that self-identification should be used, establishing categories that make sense to indigenous people, including different varieties of self-denomination. Other elements of indigenous identity, such as language or territoriality, are important for characterizing (but not for quantifying) indigenous peoples, so it is important to evaluate the feasibility of including such variables, for each data source (Del Popolo and Schkolnik, 2013 http://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/37682-notas-poblacion-vol40-ndeg-97 and ECLAC, 2009 http://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/6940-censos-2010-la-inclusion-enfoque-etnico-construccion-participativa-pueblos).

A minimum set of data sources needs to be defined for the indicator to be comparable at the regional level, including population and housing censuses, agricultural censuses, surveys of living conditions (income, employment, multipurpose, among others), demographic and health surveys, vital records, continuous records of health, education, housing, and other continuous records that constitute the primary data source for other indicators of the Montevideo Consensus and the 2030 Agenda. The indicator can also be calculated for specific statistical operations, such as the percentage of continuous household surveys that include indigenous self-identification.

Type
Quantitative
Priority Measures

A.4 - Population and development

4
Ensure full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development planning, sectoral policies and public policies and programmes in general ―in particular in development and land-use planning― at national and subnational levels, drawing on sociodemographic knowledge and information and harnessing technological advances.

H.85 - Indigenous peoples rights

85
Respect and implement the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as Convention No. 169 of the International Labour Organization on indigenous and tribal peoples —and call on those countries that have not already done so to sign it and ratify it— adapting legal frameworks and formulating the policies necessary for their implementation, with the full participation of these peoples, including indigenous peoples that live in cities.

H.90 - Right to communication and information of indigenous peoples

90
Guarantee indigenous peoples’ right to communication and information, ensuring that national statistics respect the principle of self-identification, as well as the generation of knowledge and reliable and timely information on indigenous peoples through participatory processes, with reference to their requirements and international recommendations relating to these issues.
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Topic
 H. Indigenous people