Beneficiaries of the Families in Action Program, September 2021

September 2021 records of beneficiaries enrolled in the Colombian government's Families in Action social welfare program. The dataset is hosted by the Colombian open data portal, www.datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for document type, beneficiary code, last name, and neighborhood.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of beneficiaries using the NOMBARRIO (neighborhood) column.
• Verify or deduplicate beneficiary records using the Código (code) and TIPODOC (document type) columns.
• Perform demographic surname analysis on beneficiary populations using the PRIMER APELLIDO (last name) column.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats, including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• The dataset has a specific temporal snapshot from September 2021.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely an administrative extract from the Families in Action program's beneficiary management system.

Time Range

September 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:03:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (implied by source and program name)