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17 August 2010 (No. 787).
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Republic of Latvia
Cabinet
Regulation No. 384
Adopted 2 June 2008
Regulations Regarding the Population Census Programme 2011
Issued pursuant to
Section 6 of the
Law on Population Census
1. This Regulation approves the population census programme 2011.
2. The Central Statistical Bureau shall organise the gathering, compiling and distribution of
data in accordance with the population census programme 2011 (Annex).
Prime Minister
I. Godmanis
Minister for Economics
K. Gerhards
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Annex
Cabinet Regulation No. 384
2 June 2008
Population Census Programme 2011
No.
Theme title
Questions
1. Identifiers
What is your given name,
surname?
Answers
1.1.
Given name,
surname
Given name, surname shall be
recorded
1.2.
Personal identity What is your personal identity
number
number?
1.3.
Address
2.1.
Permanent place Where is your permanent place 1. Here, in this dwelling
of residence
of residence?
2. Elsewhere in Latvia (complete
address shall be recorded – the
name of the street, house, House
No., Block No., Flat No., the name
of the town/village, rural territory,
municipality)
Personal identity number shall be
recorded
Complete address
shall
be
recorded (the name of the street,
house, House No., Block No., Flat
No., the name of the town, village,
rural territory, municipality)
2. Geographic Indicators
What is your residential
address?
3. No permanent place of residence
3. Demographic Indicators
3.1.
Sex
1. Male
2. Female
3.2.
Age
3.3.
Marital status
Shall be determined by the
personal identity number
What is your legal marital
status?
1. Single
2. Married
3. Divorced
4. Widow(er)
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No.
4.1.
Theme title
Questions
Answers
4. Economic Indicators (shall be answered by persons from 15 years of age)
Present status of What is your present status of
economic
economic activity?
activity
1. An employed person
2. A person seeking employment/
unemployed
3. A resident receiving a pension
4. A resident receiving income
from a property or investments
5. Unemployed student/pupil
6. Householder
7. Other
4.2.
Employment
status
What is/was your employment
status in your primary
employment?
1. An employee
2. An employer
3. A self-employed person
4. A worker not receiving wage for
working in a family business
4.3.
Location and
name of the
place of
employment
4.3.1. In which country is/was
your primary employment
located?
1. In Latvia (response shall be
given to Question No 4.3.2)
4.3.2. Where is/was the local
unit of your primary
employment located, and what
is/was its name?
The name of the local unit of
primary employment, the city or
municipality shall be recorded
2. Abroad (the name of the country
shall be recorded)
4.4.
Sector heading What is/was the type of
of the economic economic activity of the local
unit of your primary
activity
employment?
The heading of the economic
activity shall be recorded
4.5.
Profession
The name of the profession or
position shall be recorded
What is/was your
profession/position in primary
employment?
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No.
5.1.
Theme title
Level of
education
Questions
5. Education Indicators
What is your highest
successfully completed level of
education? (responses shall be
provided by persons from 7
years of age)
Answers
1. I have no reading or writing
skills
2. No education at school or lower
than primary school education
3. Primary school education
4. Basic education or vocational
basic education
5. General secondary education
after basic education or vocational
basic education
6. Vocational basic education or
vocational secondary education
after general secondary education
7. Vocational secondary education
after general secondary education
8. Higher education
9. Doctoral degree
5.2.
School
attendance
Do you attend school?
(responses shall be given
regarding persons aged from 7
to 17 years who do not have
basic education)
1. Yes
2. No (note the reason why you do
not attend school)
2.1. Due to the state of health
2.2. Due to financial situation
2.3. Another reason
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No.
Theme title
Questions
6. Migration Indicators
Answers
6.1.
Country/place of In which country were you
birth
born?
The name of the country shall be
recorded
6.2.
Nationality
6.2.1. What is the country of
your nationality?
The name of the country shall be
recorded
6.2.2. What is the type of your
nationality?
1. A citizen
2. A non-citizen
3. A refugee
4. A stateless person
6.3.
Living abroad
and the year of
arriving in the
country
6.3.1. Have you been
Yes (response shall be given to
permanently residing abroad for Question No 6.3.2)
more than 12 months after
No
1980?
6.3.2. When was the last time
you returned/arrived in Latvia
for a permanent residence?
6.4.
Permanent place Did you live at the same place
of residence one of residence a year ago (on 1
year prior to the March 2010)?
population
census
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The year and month (the month
shall be indicated if the person
returned in 2010, 2011) shall be
recorded
1. Yes, at the same dwelling
2. Yes, in the same
city/municipality
3. No (the previous place of
residence – the country – shall be
recorded. If the country of the
place of residence is Latvia, a city
or municipality shall be recorded)
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No.
Theme title
Questions
7. Ethnocultural Indicators
Answers
7.1.
Nationality
What is your ethnicity?
Ethnicity shall be recorded
according to the ethnicity classifier
of the Republic of Latvia
7.2.
Language
Which language do you mainly 1. Latvian
use at home?
1.1. Are you also fluent in any
Latvian dialect?
1.2. If the response to Question
No. 1.1 is “Yes”, specify the
dialect
1.2.1. of Latgale
1.2.2. of Kurzeme
1.2.3. of Vidzeme
1.2.4. of Zemgale
2. Russian
3. Byelorussian
4. Ukrainian
5. Polish
6. Lithuanian
7. Another language (specify)
8. Household and Family Indicators
8.1.
Relationship
between the
members of the
household
8.1.1. Relationship of each
member of the household in
relation to the person
responding (the person who
provides responses to the
questions of the enumerator)
1. Person responding
2. Husband or wife
3. Partner
4. Son or daughter
5. Brother or sister
6. Mother or father
7. Grandchild
8. Other kinship
9. Not related by kinship
8.1.2. The sequence number of The sequence number from the list
the spouse, partner, father and of the persons residing in the
mother of the person on the list household shall be recorded
of the persons residing in the
household
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No.
9.1.
Theme title
The type of
dwelling in
which the
household
resides
Questions
Answers
9. Dwelling Indicators
In what kind of dwelling do you 1. A residential house or an
reside?
apartment
2. A trailer, a shed or other
accommodation
3. A collective dwelling (for
example, an official
accommodation facility, a
dormitory, an old people’s home)
4. No dwelling (homeless person)
9.2.
The residence
status of the
traditional
dwelling
What is the residence status of
your dwelling?
1. Inhabited dwelling with one or
several permanent residents
2. Dwelling without permanent
residents at the time of the census
3. Dwelling the residents of which
shall not be included in the census
(for example, foreign military staff
and the members of family thereof,
foreign diplomatic employees and
the members of family thereof,
foreign civilians in temporary
work, tourists)
9.3.
The type of
dwelling
ownership
Who is the owner of your
dwelling?
1. A member of the household
2. Dwelling is leased
3. Other
9.4.
Number of
The list of persons residing in
residents in your the dwelling
dwelling
The persons residing in the
dwelling shall be recorded
9.5.
Total area
What is the total area of your
dwelling?
The area shall be indicated in
square metres
9.6.
Water supply
system
What kind of water supply
system does your dwelling
have?
1. Dwelling has a water-supply
line
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2. There is no water-supply line
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No.
9.7.
Theme title
Lavatory
Questions
Does your dwelling have a
lavatory?
Answers
1. Dwelling has a lavatory with
water disposal
2. Dwelling has another type of
lavatory
3. There is no lavatory
9.8.
9.9.
Bath or shower
Does your dwelling have a
bath/a shower?
1. Dwelling has a bath/a shower
2. There is no bath/shower
Type of heating What is the main type of heating 1. Central heating (including
of your dwelling?
localised central heating)
2. Furnace heating, open-fire, stove
3. Another type of heating (electric
heaters or other equipment)
4. There is no heating
9.10.
Type of building What is the type of building in 1. Private house
of a dwelling
which your dwelling is located?
2. Semi-detached house
3. Terraced house
4. Apartment house
5. Non-residential house
9.11.
Time period of
building the
dwelling
Minister for Economics
When was the building in which The year of building the building
your dwelling is located built? shall be recorded
K. Gerhards
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