CARICOM WORKSHOP ON
TRAIN THE TRAINERS COMMON METHODOLOGIES
FOR THE 2010 ROUND OF
POPULATION AND HOUSING
CENSUSES
16 – 20 November 2009
Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston,
JAMAICA
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Organisation of the Work of the
Meeting – Note by the CARICOM
Secretariat
The opening ceremony of the CARICOM Workshop on Train the
Trainers - Common Methodologies for the 2010 Round of Population
and Housing Censuses will commence at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at
10:00 a.m. on Monday, 16 November 2009. Registration commences
at 8.00 a.m. and concludes at 8.45 a.m.
Following the Opening Ceremony, the Meeting of the CARICOM
Workshop on Train the Trainers - Common Methodologies for the 2010
Round of Population and Housing Censuses will convene at 10:30 a.m. The
approximate times for the working session on Monday, 16 November 2009
are 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (morning session) and 2:30 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
(afternoon session).
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Day 1
Item 1:
Opening Ceremony
Item 2:
Election of Chairman
Item 3:
Adoption of the Agenda
Item 4:
Procedural Matters
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Item 5
• PREPARATION AND PLANNING FOR
TRAINING OF CENSUS TRAINERS/
SUPERVISORS/ENUMERATORS ELEMENTS OF A TRAINING
PROGRAMME FOR THE COLLECTION
OF DATA FOR POPULATION AND
HOUSING CENSUSES IN THE
CARICOM CONTEXT
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Item 5.1
• Strategic Objective and General Definitions
of the Census
• Day 1 -- 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. (30 mins)
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What a census is
A population and housing census is the
single most extensive, complicated and
expensive statistical operation that will
ever be undertaken by a national statistics
office. The census provides both a
snapshot and a portrait of a country’s
population at a very particular point in
time. This point in time is called Census
Night.
What a census is
The census is the first source of
nationwide statistics, not only at the
national level, but also at the sub-national
level, down to the smallest geographical
unit. For this exercise, this smallest
geographical unit is referred to as an
“enumeration district” (ED). The ED can
be considered as a census/statistical
“building block”.
Censuses and Surveys
• For operational, financial and other
reasons, censuses have limitations to the
amount and level of sophistication of
information that can be collected on a fullcoverage basis. Statistical office collect
more complicated, detailed and specialized
information by means of a survey on a
sample basis rather than a census.
The success of the census
The success of a census depends on a large
number of factors. However, in the final
assessment, the most important criteria of
success are:
• The level of completeness (coverage)
achieved, and
• The quality of the collected information.
What is a population and
housing census?
A modern population and housing census
is the process of collecting, compiling,
analyzing and publishing demographic,
socio-economic, and other relevant data
pertaining to all persons in a country and
the national housing stock at a specified
time. A Census is a form of national
stocktaking.
What the census is
The Census is a complete count of the
population and living quarters and
provides detailed benchmark data on the
size of the population, age structure,
educational attainment, economic activity,
disability, housing and household
amenities and other major socio-economic
characteristics.
Why take the census
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Most countries conduct a census every 10
years. During that period of time, many changes
in the social fabric of a country may have taken
place. These changes include:
fluctuating rates of population growth,
changes in employment and unemployment,
changes in the annual number of births etc,
Why take the census
• All of these have implications on the demand for
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social services, e.g., health, education and
infrastructure including water, electricity, and
transportation systems etc.
Census data are useful to government policy
makers, private industry, the media, academia,
researchers, labour organizations, small and
large business, and the general public.
How the census is taken
• While the term census is generally taken
to mean counting of the country’s
population and the recording of certain of
their characteristics at a particular point in
time, statistical offices must complete
several distinct operations before a picture
of the population can be presented.
How the census is taken
1. In the first place, Census organizers must
draw up strategic and detailed operational
plans outlining what information the
census will collect, how to record it and
how to present and analyze the findings.
After settling all of these, the next step is
to organize the collection of the data in
the field under careful supervision and
extensive quality control.
How the census is taken
2. The country is divided into small areas called
Enumeration Districts (EDs). An enumerator is
assigned to each ED. The enumerator must
ensure that he/she fully understands the
collection procedures, what questions they will
ask and how to record the answers quickly and
correctly on the questionnaires. If the quality of
enumeration is of high quality, then the final
tabulations and published analysis will also be of
good quality and used for informed decision
making by policy makers.
How the Census is taken
3. A field supervisor will be in charge of a
group of enumerators to monitor their
work and to address and to resolve any
problems arising during the field work.
The supervisor also acts as a link between
enumerators and the Census Office.
How the Census is taken
4.Staff in the Census Office will check the
completed questionnaires, code where
necessary, and make them ready for data
capture and subsequent electronic data
processing.
How the census is taken
5. Then office staff edit the data with
computers, produce tables and other
dissemination materials (like graphs
and maps), write reports, and then
archive the data.
Definitions and Concepts
This section covers various definitions and
concepts as conventions to provide for
comparability across enumeration districts
and with previous government censuses
and surveys.
Definitions: Dwelling
A dwelling is discrete building structure
where people live and which can provide
accommodation for one or more
households.
Definitions: Household
A household is an arrangement of persons,
individually or in groups, who provide for
themselves food or other essentials of living. It
can also be defined as those persons who
usually eat together and share at least one daily
meal and sleeps most nights (i.e. 4 out of seven
nights). The household must have direct access
from the street or a common landing, staircase,
passage or gallery where occupants can enter or
leave without passing through anybody else’s
living quarters.
Definitions: Head of Household
The Head of the Household is defined as that
person who is acknowledged as such by the
other members. This person is sometimes
referred to as Person 1, for purposes of
reference, and is the first person listed in the
listing of household members on page 1 of the
Household questionnaire. In cases where the
respondent does not accept the idea of a head,
assign the head based on the present family
structure and continue the interview.
Definitions: Usual Resident
A usual resident is a person who has lived
continuously or intents to live in this
household for 6 months or more during
the last 12 months.
Definitions: Institution
The institutional population comprises persons
who are not members of households. These
include military installations, correctional and
penal institutions, dormitories of schools and
universities, religious institutions, hospitals and
so forth. Personnel responsible for the running
of an institution and not living in dormitories or
similar accommodations should be excluded
from the institutional population.
Definitions: Institutions
Persons living in hotels or boarding
houses are not part of the institutional
population and should be distinguished as
members of one- or multi-person
households, on the basis of the
arrangements that they make for
providing themselves with the essentials
of living.
Definitions: Vacant Dwelling Unit
If a dwelling unit is habitable but no one
was living there on census night and
whose residents were away for more
than six months is to be considered
vacant. The neighbors may be able to
identify such dwellings.
Types of Living Arrangements
• If a person has recently moved in with a group of
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persons, as long as he/she intends to make his/her
home with them, that person is to be considered a
member of the household.
A boarding house where the residents eat together is to
be classified as a household.
If a dwelling is divided into flats or other separate
households, each such separate household
accommodates at least one separate household and
requires a separate Household questionnaire. A tenant
or subtenant, if he makes his own arrangements for
eating, also forms a separate household.
Types of Living Arrangements
• A servant who sleeps in the house or in an outbuilding
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on the premises is to be listed as a member of the
household. A servant who does not sleep on his/her
employer’s premises is not to be counted as a member
of the household where he/she works.
A boarder or lodger, (i.e. a person who eats and sleeps
with the household during most nights of the week), is
to be considered a member of the household.
If within an institution, there are separate quarters for all
or any member of the staff, with separate housekeeping
arrangements, such persons constitute separate
households. However, the Supervisor will give special
instructions for enumeration of large institutions.
A person who rents a room but does not share any
meals with his/her landlord or landlady constitutes a
separate single-person household.
Types of Living Arrangements
• Persons living, working and sleeping away from their
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families most nights of the week are to be enumerated
where they sleep most nights. They may be boarders or
lodgers in a household or may constitute separate
households.
A visitor or a guest who spent Census Night in the
household must be counted as a member of the
household.
Persons who because of the nature of their jobs (i.e.
watchmen, shift-workers, medical and health personnel
etc.), spend most nights away from their home MUST be
enumerated at the same place as the other members of
their households (i.e. at their place of usual residence).
Item 5.2
• Planning, Organization and Administration
of the Census
• Day 1 -- 11.30 a.m – 12.00 p.m. (30 mins)
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Item 5.3
• Roles & Responsibilities of the
Enumerators/Supervisors
• Day 1 -- 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. (30 mins)
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Enumerator Responsibilities
• As an enumerator you play a vital part in the Census
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operations.
The completeness and accuracy of the data you collect
will determine the value of the entire operation.
Every effort must be made to obtain complete and
accurate answers to questions and to record these
according to given instructions.
You can only do this if you completely understand the
instructions and ask your supervisor when you are
unsure as to how to deal with certain situations.
Enumerator responsibilities
• The accuracy and quality of the Census data depend to a
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very large extent on the thoroughness with which you
and your fellow enumerators perform.
The respondent is obliged by law to respond and cooperate with you. Your manner of approach, mode of
dress and the manner in which you speak will help.
A public communications program will make your task
easier by alerting all members of the public as to the
value and importance of the census and to anticipate
your arrival.
However, you must display patience, confidence and tact
in dealing with the public. These qualities are the
prerequisites of a good enumerator.
Enumerator standards of
performance
• Your assignment must be completed
within the prescribed enumeration period.
The preparatory work that went into
planning the Population and Housing
Census has ensured that your workload
can be accomplished within the allotted
time period. Account was taken of the
variable terrain and density of population,
among other factors.
Enumerator timely work completion
• Efficient Conduct of Interview
• Only through familiarity and the following of the
instructions will you be able to conduct your job
efficiently and accurately. Questions should be
asked directly as stated on the questionnaire
and the respondent should be given adequate
time to respond and you should not prompt.
Enumerator timely work completion
• Reduction of call-backs
• You can do this by carefully planning your visits
when respondents will be home. If no one is at
home, identify yourself, and try to obtain some
help from neighbours as to what time members
of the household are most likely to be at home
or leave call back cards where it is possible.
Enumerator timely work completion
• Planning your travel
• Keep travel to a minimum by planning
your enumeration route. This can be
achieved by grouping your call-backs and
making appointments wherever possible.
Always keep your supervisor informed of
your travel
Enumerator timely work completion
• Familiarity with the Enumeration District (ED)
• Your Supervisor will provide you with a map of your ED
and its boundaries as well as the canvassing direction in
which you are to proceed in order to locate the
households. You must be familiar with your ED map and
enumerate all households in the designated area and not
stray into adjoining ED’s. Your supervisor will inform
you of any variation that may have occurred in cases of
new developments and or buildings that are not
captured on your map. This is important. You must
avoid double counting or undercounting of the
population.
Enumerator timely work completion
• Re-interview
• Your supervisor will re-interview a sample
of some of the households you
enumerated to ensure your performance
attained the required standard and to
check on the completeness of your
coverage within the Enumeration District.
Supervisor’s Responsibilities
• Provide enumerators with their assignments
• Show enumerators the boundaries of their EDs prior
to enumeration
• Supply enumerators with their enumeration materials
• Supervise and verify enumerators’ work, bring
attention to any errors and/or inconsistencies and
explain how enumerators need to improve.
• The supervisor will revisit some to the households
after enumeration as a check on the accuracy of the
information and data quality.
Supervisors and Enumerators
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Enumerators have a responsibility to at all times
keep in close touch with their supervisor:
letting him/her know where they are,
meeting him/her at such times and places as
he/she directs, and
following carefully the instructions which she/he
provides.
All appointments with the supervisor MUST be
kept.
The Enumeration Kit
The enumeration kit will include:
• The Enumeration District (ED) Map and description of
the boundaries.
• An adequate supply of Household and Personal
questionnaires.
• A supply of Enumerator Transmittal forms
• A Visitation Record for the ED
• A census identification card (ID Card)
• A letter of appointment
• Pencils, eraser, sharpener, clipboard
• Call Back Cards & Flash Cards
• A bag for holding all materials
• Census Enumerator’s manual (from training)
The Enumeration Kit
Enumerators must note that all these
supplies remain the property of the
Census office and must be returned to the
Supervisor on completion of the
assignment. Enumerators claim for
payment will not be met until all these
materials are returned.
Enumerator Hours of Work
The enumerators can not expect to work
regular hours during enumeration.
• They must adjust their working hours to
the times when they are most likely to find
people at home.
• The enumerators must make calls in the
late afternoons, early evenings and mainly
on weekends when persons are normally
at home.
Enumeration District Map
The Enumeration District Map is of extreme
importance and serves several purposes:
• It is the basic instrument for locating the
dwelling Units to be interviewed.
• It identifies clearly the boundaries of the
workload / assignment.
• It provides a link with the Visitation
Record. Therefore each dwelling that the
enumerator visits must be serially
numbered on the map with the
corresponding number in your Visitation
Record.
Correcting the Enumeration Map
Every effort has been made to up-date
the Enumeration District Map prior to the
census. The enumerator may need to
make corrections on the map itself during
enumeration. Corrections include:
• crossing out demolished dwellings,
• drawing in new buildings, and
• correcting or adding street names as
necessary.
Correcting Enumeration Maps
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However, should enumerators discover dwellings
that are not on the map, they must:
ensure that they mark their location on the map
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record the address on the Visitation Record
using the next available line number.
Also they must record this line number on the
map.
Whenever in doubt, they must seek clarification
from the Supervisor.
Learning the Enumeration District
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The boundaries should be clearly marked and
written on the Enumeration District Map.
If a street, road, river, canal, alley, road junction
or other permanent feature forms one of its
boundaries, the enumerator must be sure to
know which side of it is in the district.
Other landmarks and building structures that do
not contain dwellings will also be indicated on
the ED.
Learning the Enumeration DIstrict
• Enumerators must ensure that they do not
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enumerate households that are not within the
ED as this will result in double counting of the
population.
On the other hand, it is important that they do
not overlook or forget to enumerate any
household in the enumeration district that has
been assigned to them.
Every household in the enumeration district, no
matter how remote, must be enumerated.
Learning the Enumeration DIstrict
If a householder tells an enumerator that
second enumerator has already collected
information from him, and the first
enumerator is convinced that the
household is located within the boundaries
of his/her district, the matter must be
reported immediately to the supervisor. It
may be that some other enumerator is
working in the district by mistake and
there will be double counting of the
population.
Canvassing
Canvassing should be on one side of the
road, always going to the right. {MORE
ON THIS}
Canvassing exceptions
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In some instances, a supervisor may instruct an
enumerator to canvass and list both sides of a
road or path at the same time.
This will be permitted only in sparsely populated
areas where there are long, uninterrupted
stretches of road with few living quarters.
The enumerator must follow the specific rules
for canvassing, and plan a path of travel to
eliminate unnecessary backtracking. And, be
sure to stay within the boundaries of the ED.
Canvassing exceptions
• When canvassing both sides of a road in
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sparsely population areas, enumerate the entire
row of households on one side of the road,
where they are close together.
Then enumerate the households opposite the
row.
Do not enumerate both sides of a road at the
same time unless you have received specific
instructions from your supervisor to do so.
The enumerator should follow the canvassing
arrows if demarcated on the ED map unless
otherwise told to do so.
Enumeration District Map
• It provides a picture (geographic
extent) of the work in the field.
• It permits the Census Office to check
for completeness of coverage.
• It eliminates omissions and
duplications of enumeration.
Enumerators’ responsibilities
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The principal enumerator responsibility is to
make certain to locate every dwelling and
household within the enumeration district and
record the particulars of all residents living in
them on the questionnaires.
Enquire at stores, shops, restaurants and other
business places where there may be hidden
dwellings in which one would not normally find
persons residing.
Enumerators’ Responsibilities
• Do not overlook the possibility of caretaker’s
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quarters in churches, schools, cinemas and all
other non-residential dwellings.
Also look for temporary shacks or mobile houses
which may be located away from roads.
In rural areas, especially, a track may lead to a
dwelling.
The census must include everyone residing in
the country as of census night.
Item 5.4
• Data Collection Guidelines and Census
Confidentiality
• Day 1 – 2:30 to 3:00 PM
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Questionnaire Care and Secuirty
• It is of utmost importance that the
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questionnaires be handled with greatest care.
They must not be defaced, suffer undue
erasures (although clean and light erasures are
permissible), there must be no creasing,
bending, dog-earring etc. The questionnaires
must always be clean.
Keep sufficient questionnaires for the day’s
enumeration in the kit given to you. At the end
of the day store those completed in a safe place
in your home, making sure that they are
accessible to you and you alone.
Getting to Know the Questionnaire
• READ EVERY QUESTION exactly as worded on
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the questionnaire.
Where “N” appears as part of a question, read
out the name of the person to whom the
question relates. If this is not the respondent
and it relates to the person answering the
questions, say “You”.
READ EVERY QUESTION in the order printed on
the questionnaire.
FOLLOW SKIP INSTRUCTIONS carefully so that
you do not ask questions of, or about, persons
to whom they do not apply.
Getting to Know the Questionnaire
• Should respondents have difficulty understanding a
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question, it may necessary to give an example of a
possible response category. This may help the
respondent to understand what type of answer is
expected. This should only be done as last resort.
Avoid accepting “don’t know” and “not stated” responses
as much as possible. These are used as a last resort.
Reading one of the response categories MUST be used
only when all other efforts to get a satisfactory answer
have failed.
Where “Other, specify” is the correct response category,
ensure that the entries you make are clear and legible.
Confidentiality
• Laws require that all information collected
from the census must be kept confidential.
You, and all other field staff, as well as
employees of the Census Office, will be
required to take and sign an oath of
secrecy swearing that you will not reveal
any Census information to anyone who is
not a sworn employee of the census
organization.
Confidentiality
• This means that you will not divulge any
census information, under any
circumstances, to anyone, even to
members of your family. The Statistics
Act of the country expressly prohibits
anyone from divulging or receiving such
information under the penalties prescribed
by law. These penalties include a fine
and/or imprisonment.
Confidentiality DOs
• DO carry your identification card and
show it upon introducing yourself.
• DO check that you are talking to the
correct person if you have to phone back
to discuss the questionnaire.
• DO treat the respondents with respect.
This applies no matter how this person
looks to you. Remember looks can be
deceiving.
Confidentiality DOs
• DO remember that confidentiality covers
ALL the information obtained during your
duties, including anything you are told or
anything you may have observed.
• DO take a positive line on confidentiality.
Reassure the respondents, by your
actions, that you take confidentiality
seriously.
Confidentiality DON’Ts
• DON’T talk about individuals with other people.
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Be discreet. Even a casual remark can be a
breach of confidentiality.
DON’T give questionnaires with any
information, even if questionnaires are
incomplete, to anyone outside the Census
Office.
DON’T leave any questionnaire with information
unattended. Keep them with you at all times
when in the field and store them safely at home.
DON’T let any unauthorized person accompany
you on your visits.
One more DO for Confidentiality
• In addition, all census materials issued to
you (even the spoilt questionnaires) must
be returned to your supervisor so that
they may be carefully stored for future use
or destroyed.
Confidentiality and Reluctant
Respondents
• Some of the persons whom you interview may
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hesitate or be reluctant to answer some of your
questions.
This is understandable since you are asking for
information that they consider to be personal
and private and which they do not usually make
available to strangers.
You may put them at ease by explaining to them
the confidentiality and other conditions under
which you are collecting information.
Dealing with reluctant respondents
To get cooperation try:
• All persons engaged on the census have taken an oath
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of secrecy, whether they are working on the field or in
the Census Office.
Breaking the confidentiality rules of the census in
particular will be considered as a very serious offence.
There are severe penalties in place for enumerators (or
other census staff) who talk to outsiders about census
information provided by respondents and those who do
not treat census records as confidential.
The information collected will be used by government
policy makers to improve social and economic conditions
for the respondent.
Dealing with reluctant respondents
• Information collected is kept strictly confidential. It is
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against the law for any census worker to divulge
information to any unauthorized individual or
organization whatever.
No information about any individual can be made
available to any agency, not even to another
government department or police agency.
No personal information or micro data will ever be
released. The information collected will be used solely in
the tabulations indicating the aggregate size and
structure of the population, cross classified by various
general characteristics.
Respondents are required by the Statistic Act to supply
information to census takers. Penalties include a fine
and/or imprisonment. However, we ask that
respondents cooperate willingly.
Interviewing techniques
Appearance
Wear neat, conservative clothes suitable for
the area you are interviewing.
Remember, you are representing the
government and the national statistics
office.
Interviewing techniques
Introduction to respondents
• Having made the initial contact with the household,
identify yourself as a representative of the national
statistics office and present your Census Identification
Card.
• Be sure the respondent clearly understands who you are
and whom you represent. The following introduction is
recommended:
• ‘Good morning Sir/Madam. My name is ………….. I am
the enumerator hired by the country’s National Statistics
Office to undertake the Population and Housing Census
for this area.’
Interviewing Techniques
• The Interview
– Read the questions exactly as they are written when asking questions.
– Listen carefully to the respondent when the responses are given.
– Never anticipate or assume answers to be given. Wait for respondents
to complete their answers before recording the responses and ask all
questions in the format given.
– Never by word, action or gesture, indicate surprise or disapproval over
an answer. Maintain a professional attitude and disposition.
– Ensure that you keep the interview flowing. Do not rush or pause
unduly between questions. If you appear to be in a hurry to complete
your questionnaire, respondents may give inaccurate or incomplete
answers. If on the other hand, there are too many pauses, the
respondent may lose confidence in your ability.
Interviewing Techniques
• Completing the enumeration
• Before leaving an interview you should check to make
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sure that all questions have been completed. Making
corrections may be difficult after leaving the respondent.
Once your interview has been completed, you should
make your exit in a very cordial manner.
Please bear in mind that you have a rigid time schedule
to maintain.
Thank respondents for their time and co-operation.
Item 5.5
• Understanding the Visitation Record
• Day 1 – 3:00 to 3:30 PM
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Visitation Record –
Recording Collectives
Within the enumeration district there may be
hotels, boarding houses, nursing homes,
hospitals and health clinics, residential schools,
police stations, prisons and other institutions.
Detailed instructions on the treatment of
institutions, some of which will require special
methods of enumeration, will be given by your
supervisor. You must, however, record the
existence of these institutions on the “Visitation
Record” portion on page 1 of the Household
questionnaire and alert your supervisor.
Item 5.6
• Training Venues, Training Materials and
Transport Logistics
• Day 1 – 3:30 to 4:00 PM
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Training
Prior to the commencement of fieldwork,
interviewers will be trained at specified locations
for a period of time. This training will include:
• Exposure to and discussion of all questionnaires,
forms and documents to be utilized in the
Census. For example, the Household
questionnaire, Personal questionnaire and this
enumerator’s manual.
• Reading, interpreting, correcting and updating
ED maps.
• Basic guidelines concerning interviewing
techniques will be discussed.
Training
At the training sessions, the enumerator’s manual
will be explained and discussed in detail. In
addition, extensive use of mock interviews will
be used, whereby you will be given the
opportunity to participate as respondents and
interviewers with other enumerators. It is
imperative that you attend all training sessions,
as this will equip you with the necessary tools
required to become an efficient interviewer.
Item 6
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE
METADATA OF POPULATION AND
HOUSING CENSUSES IN CARICOM
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Item 6.1
• Harmonization of Concepts and Definitions
• Day 1 – 4:45 to 5:45 PM
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Item 7
• COMPLETING OF POPULATION AND
HOUSING CENSUS
QUESTIONNAIRES-RATIONALE,
GUIDELINES/INSTRUCTIONS,
CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
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Item 7.1
• Individual Questionnaire
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Item 7.1.1
• Administrative/Geographic Identification
• Day 2 – 9:00 – 9:15 AM
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Item 7.1.2
• Personal Characteristics
• Day 2 – 9:15 – 10:15 AM
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NAME
• 1. 1- What is your/N’s name?
• Purpose: The purpose of identifying each individual is
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to ensure that each person in the country is counted
once and only once.
Notes: Write in the full name of the person you are
enumerating. Ensure that the name listed on the
Personal Questionnaire matches exactly with the name
listed in the Listing of Household Members roster on
page 1 of the Household questionnaire. If the
respondent refuses to provide a name or the name is
unknown, you may use Person 1, 2 etc. in order to
distinguish between individuals.
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Relationship to Head
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13.
1. 2-What is your/(N)’s relationship to the head of the
household?
Head
Spouse of Head
Partner of Head
Child of Head and Spouse/Partner
Child of Head only
Child of Spouse/Partner only
Spouse/Partner of Child of Head
Grandchild of Head/Spouse/Partner
Parents of Head/Spouse/Partner
Other Relative of Head/ Spouse/ Partner
Domestic Employee
Other Non-Relative
Not Stated
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Relationship to Head
• Purpose: This question is used to ascertain the
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•
household member’s relationship to the household
reference person who is normally the head of the
household. It is essential in order to determine the
composition of the household.
Notes:
For the purpose of this census, a household is defined as
“Those persons who usually eat together and share the
work of preparing the food and/or the cost of work of
providing it”. Normally, household members also live and
sleep in the same building but experience has shown this
is not always so, which is why the definition is based on
eating together rather than on living or sleeping in the
same building.
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Relationship to Head
• If members of the household are unclear or
•
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undecided as to who is the household head,
suggest the eldest or the breadwinner.
The Head of the Household is defined as that person
who is acknowledged as such by the other members.
This person is sometimes referred to as Person 1, for
purposes of reference, and is the first person in the
Listing of Household Members on page 1 of the
Household questionnaire.
Ensure that you record the relationship of each person to
the household head, not the relationship to the
respondent.
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Sex
• 1. 3-What is your/(N)’s sex?
1=M, 2=F
• Purpose: This question, in conjunction with
other variables will assist in the analysis of data
that varies by sex. Examples are income levels,
educational attainment, occupation and the
number of persons in the older age groups.
Information is essential in the calculations of
population projections of a country.
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Sex
• Notes:
• It is not always possible to tell the sex of a
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•
person by the name alone. Therefore you must
ask this question if you are not interviewing the
person to whom the question relates.
Whenever in doubt as to the sex of the
respondent who you are not enumerating
personally you must actually verify this.
Do not guess the sex of the household member
from the name provided to you.
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Date of Birth
• 1. 4-What is your/(N)’s date of birth?
Day
•
•
•
Month
Year
Purpose: This data is essential in the
calculation of census population projections
which are necessary to plan future services such
as educational and medical services.
Notes:
The actual date of birth should be entered in the
boxes provided, of which there are two for the
day, two for the month and four for the year.
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Date of Birth
• If the day is less than 10 enter a zero in the first box.
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The months should be numbered 01 for January, 02 for
February, etc. For the year, enter all four digits. Thus,
a birth date of 9th March, 1995 will be recorded as:
Year
Day
Month
•
09
/
03
/
1995
• If date of birth is not known ask the next question 1.5:
What was your/ (N)’s age at his/her last birthday?
Record the age in the boxes provided.
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Date of Birth
• For persons ‘ninety-eight years and
over’ write in 98 in the box provided. In
the event of the person’s age being
‘unknown/not stated’ write in 99 in the
box.
• ‘Not stated’ or ‘not known’ as an answer is
acceptable only as a last resort, after
every effort to obtain the information has
failed and an estimate is perhaps difficult.
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Age
• 1.5-What was your/(N)’s age at
his/her last birthday? Purpose: This
question is to ensure that information
recorded in 1.4-Date of Birth is correct.
• Notes: Do not leave blank. If age is not
known, TRY TO GET ESTIMATE (i.e. from
others in the household or use historical
events).
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Ethnic Group
• 1. 6-To which ethnic group do you/does
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
(N) belong? African/Black
Creole
Maroon
Indigenous People
Amerindian/Carib
Amerindian
Caucasian/White
White/Caucasian
White
and many more!!
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Ethnic Group
• Purpose: Collecting data on ethnicity is important
•
•
•
•
because there are distinct differences amongst the
groups, for example in the areas of income, occupation
and educational attainment.
Notes:
The list of response options may vary according to the
needs of the Caribbean country in which the census is
being conducted.
Each country will include only those response options
that apply to that country.
It should be noted that ethnic group and race do not
necessarily mean the same thing. A person’s ethnic
group refers more to the customs and culture of the
group, while race refers more in a strict sense to
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physical characteristics.
Ethnic Group
• Since in the majority of cases you will be interviewing
one member of the household, you are required to mark
the response category to which the respondent says
he/she and other members of the household belong.
• DO NOT GUESS. If the person belongs to a group other
than those identified in Categories 1 to 28, mark
category 29 ‘other Ethnic Groups (specify)_____’ in
the answer box provided and also write in the answer on
the line provided. Also DO NOT DECIDE BY
APPEARANCES AND DO NOT ARGUE. Category 30 not
stated is to be used only as a last resort.
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Religion/Faith
•
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•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
•
1.7-What is your/(N)’s religious
affiliation/denomination? Anglican
Church of God of (Country)
Church of God of Prophecy
Christianity
Evangelical
Methodist
Moravian
Nazarene
New Testament Church of God
Other Church of God (Specify)___________
AND MORE
99
Religion
• Purpose: For planning purposes, churches and
religious organizations in a country need to
know how many individuals identify with that
religion or faith. Moreover, they want to know
the basic demographic and socio-economic
characteristics of their potential members. As a
result, the census tabulations concerning
religion, by age, sex and ethnicity are some of
the most widely used.
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Religion
• Notes:
• The list of response options may vary according to the
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•
•
needs of the Caribbean country in which the census is
being conducted.
Each country will include only those response options
that apply to that country.
If the individual does not belong to any of the religious
groups listed on the questionnaire, enter response
category 27 ‘Other (specify)…….’ and write in the
name of his/her religion/denomination in the space
provided.
If the individual refuses to answer, enter 29 in the
response box.
Record the response as given. No probes are necessary
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such as how frequently the religious institution is
Item 7.1.3
• Migration (Birthplace and Residence)
• Day 2 – 10:00 to 11:00 AM and 11:15 to
12:45
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Migration
• These questions measure the internal and
external flows of the domestic and foreign-born
population in the country. The questions also
provide data on lengths of stay in a particular
country of the foreign-born population.
Community planners need to know the
movements of individuals over time. The
primary task of this section is to provide data on
why persons are moving from one residence to
another and how frequently they do so. Asking
these questions will give the country benchmark
data on the many reasons why people move.
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Migration
• This data will reveal internal population flows and allow
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the Government to make accurate and realist population
projections based at the national and local levels.
This information will assist the Government in a variety
of ways, including comparative analysis and
sustainability factors. The data can also be used to assist
with rezoning and planning decisions of the
infrastructure of a country, such as shopping areas, bus
routes, commercial opportunities, schools and promoting
of schools in different local communities.
The SKIPS in this section must be observed and applied
carefully.
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Migration
• Questions 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 2.11, 2.12,
•
•
•
2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 are for all persons.
Questions 2.3 & 2.4 are for foreign persons
only.
Questions 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10 are for local
born only.
Six months or more also includes those
respondents whose period of residence is
less than 6 months, but who intend to stay
for more than 6 months.
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Location on Census Night
{For all persons}
• Purpose: This question will determines if
the individual was actually in the country
or abroad on Census day. This data will
provide the Government with the “de
facto” population count. This count is the
“actual” population count on Census Day.
Location on Census Night
7.1-Where did this person spend census night?
1. This household
2. Elsewhere in the country
3. In an Institution (eg. Hospital, prison, military
camp, hostel)
4. Abroad
5. Other
6. Not stated
Location on Census Night
• Notes: The 2010 Census is both a de-
facto and de-jure enumeration. This
means that both the actual residence of
the individual on census night and also
their usual place of residence is needed.
This information is also essential for
estimating the impact of immigration and
emigration on population projections.
Place of Usual Residence
2.1-Where do you/does (N) usually live?
1. At this address
2. Elsewhere in this geographic sub-division
3. In another main geographical area.
(Region/Parish/County/District), (City/Town/Borough/
Ward/Constituency/Electoral Division,
(Community/Village/Ward/Settlement)
4. Abroad (name of country)__________
5. Don’t Know
Notes: Remember, for the purpose of the census, “live”
refers to residing in a usual residence for a
continuous period of 6 months or more.
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Country or geographic sub-division
of birth (All persons)
• 2.2- Where were you/was (N) born?
1. In this Country. Geographic sub-division
Region/Parish/County/District
(City/Town/Borough/Ward/Constituency/
Electoral Division
Community/Village/Ward/Settlement (Skip to 2.5)
2. Foreign/Abroad (country ) __________
3. Don’t Know-(Skip to 2.5)
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Country of birth
• Notes:
• Those born abroad should be treated as such
•
(i.e. Born Abroad (country name specified). They
should not be treated as those born in the
country.
Women sometimes return to their home village
within the country to be with parents when a
child is born. This question is to determine
where the mother’s usual residence is and not
where the delivery of the child occurred-unless
the birth was outside of the country.
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Duration of Residence in Present
Country
• For Foreign-Born Persons only
2.3 In what year did you/(N) come to
live in (name of country)?Notes:
Remember, for the purpose of the census,
“live”, refers to residing in the country for
a continuous period of 6 months or more.
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Reason for Residence in
Country
{For foreign born persons only}
2.4 What is the main reason for your present
residence in this country?
• 1. Economic Activity under Free Movement
•
1.1- Skilled National
•
1.2- Service Provider
•
1.3- Rights of Establishment/Commercial
presence
•
1.4- Employee of non-wage earner
• 2. Other Economic Activity
• 3. Other (Specify)__________
• Purpose: This question is to capture Free
Movement information.
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Duration of Residence at Present
Geographic Sub-division
2.5- In what year did you/(N) last
come to live in this geographic
sub-division or location?
• Notes: Remember, for the purpose
of the census, “live” refers to
residing in a residence for a
continuous period of 6 months or
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Geographic sub-division of last
residence in the country
2.6 In which geographic sub-division
e.g. Region/Parish/County/ District)
did you/ (N) last live?
Location
• Notes: Write in the name of the
geographic area. Geographic information
to be provided according to the country’s
administrative structure.
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Residence in another country
{For local born only}
2.7 Have you/ has (N) ever lived in
another country?
• Yes=1, No=2
•
(If no, Skip to 2.11)
Notes: “Ever lived” refers to a period of 6
months or more.
Country of Last Residence
{For local born only}
2.8-In which country did you/(N) last
live?Notes: Write the name of country.
Year of Return
{For local born only}
2.9-: In what year did you/(N) return
to live in (name of country)?
Notes: The “return” period is for 6
months or more
Main Reason for Return
{For local born only}
2.10-What was the main reason your/(N) returned to live in
this country?
1. Regard it as home
2. Family is here
3. Deported/Involuntary return
4.
5.
6.
7.
To start a business
Retired
Homesick
Other (specify)_________
Notes: If more than one reason, ascertain the main reason and
insert that code in the answer box.
Place of Residence at a Specified
Period in the Past
{For all persons}
• 2.11 Did you/(N) live at this address
five (5) years ago?
Yes=1,
No=2
•
If yes, Skip to 2.13
• If NO, 
Place of Residence at a Specified
Period in the Past
2.12 In which country or geographic sub-division
did you live five years ago?
{For all Persons}
Enter in the response box, the name of the country or the
geographic sub-division
Region/Parish/County/District
(City/Town/Borough/Ward/Constituency
/Electoral Division or the
(Community/Village/Ward/Settlement) or Don’t Know
• Notes: Geographic information to be provided
according to the country’s structure.
Place of Residence 10 years ago
• 2.13 Did you/(N) live at this address
ten (10) years ago?
No=2
{For all Persons}
• If yes, skip to 2.15
• If NO,
Yes=1,
Residence 10 years ago
• 2.14 In which country or geographic sub•
•
•
•
•
•
•
divisional area did you live ten years ago?
For all Persons
Enter in the response box, the name of the country or
the geographic sub-division
Region/Parish/County/District
(City/Town/Borough/Ward/Constituency
/Electoral Division or the
(Community/Village/Ward/Settlement) or Don’t Know
Notes: Geographic information to be provided
according to the country’s administrative structure.
Citizenship
• 2.15-Of which country(s) are you/(N) a
•
citizen?
Country (Enter
names for up to two countries, if applicable)
Purpose: This question determines the country
citizenship of the individual. It will allow the
country to compile data on the nationalities of
people who compose the population of the
country. It will enable analysts to estimate
demographic and socio-economic estimates for
the citizen population, irrespective of their ethnic
background.
Citizenship
• Notes:
• Citizenship is defined as the particular legal bond between an
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•
•
individual and his/her State.
A citizen is a legal national of the country of enumeration;
A person’s country of citizenship may not necessarily the country in
which he/she is currently residing. If the person was born in this
country, normally this is their country of citizenship.
Those who were born outside the country should have passed
through some formal government process or have a passport for
this country in order to be considered as “citizens”.
If citizenship is in more than one country, enter codes for up to two
countries.
Item 7.1.4
• Education and Training
• Day 2 – 2:30 to 4:30 PM
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Education and Training
{For all persons}
• Purpose: The purpose of this section is to provide
information about the level of academic schooling,
training and achievement in the country’s population.
• It will provide information to policy makers and planners
as to the future needs for schools, colleges and
universities and training schools.
• Information will allow an evaluation of the general
integrity of the census results by comparing the latter
with administrative data from Ministries of Education.
• Potential employers can use this information to
determine the skill levels of the local population in
making decisions as to where to establish and locate
their business.
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Current School Attendance
4. 1-Are you/(N) currently attending an
Educational Institution?1=Yes, 2=No
• Notes:
• The list of response options may vary according to the
needs of the Caribbean country in which the census is
being conducted.
• Each country will include only those response options
that apply to that country.
• Ensure that the response is “yes” if the individual is
temporarily not attending school due vacation, holiday,
illness, industrial dispute, weather or similar conditions.
Skip to 4.3 for those who respond NO.
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Type of Educational Institution
4.2-What type of Educational Institution are you/is (N)
attending?
1. Pre-primary School (Specify)_________
2. Day care/nursery
3. Pre-school
4. Nursery/Infant/Kindergarten
5. Primary School (Specify)_________
6. Government Primary School
7. Private Primary School
8. Government Assisted Primary School
9. Elementary School
10. Special Education
11. Lower/Junior Secondary School (Specify)_______
12. Senior Primary School
•
And many more
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Type of Educational Institution
Notes: Answer only one category. If
person is attending more than one type of
institution, select the response that
reflects which institution will result in the
highest level of education.
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Educational Attainment
4.3-What is the highest level of education that you/(N) have (has)
attained?
1. None /No Schooling
2. Pre-primary education (Specify)
3. Day care/nursery
4. Pre-school
5. Infant/Kindergarten
6. Primary (Specify)
7. Elementary (Specify)
8. Lower Secondary (Specify)
9. Senior Primary
10. Post Primary
11. Junior Secondary
12. High School (1-3)
13. Upper Secondary (Specify)
And many more
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Educational Attainment
Notes:
• Highest level of education attained means education
level/grade completed.
• Select only the one response the respondent indicates
that is considered the most advanced degree.
• This question and the one below provide important
census information concerning educational attainment.
• The list of response options may vary according to the
needs of the Caribbean country in which the census is
being conducted.
• Each country will include only those response options
that apply to that country.
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Highest Examination passed/
Qualification obtained
4.4-What is the highest examination
you/(N) have (has) ever passed?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
School leaving Certificate
Cambridge School Certificate
CXC Basic
GCE O’ levels or CXC Gen.
High School Cert (HSC)
GCE A’ levels 1+/ CAPE 1+
College Certificate/Diploma
Associate Degree
Bachelor’s degree
10.Post graduate Dip/Certificate
11.Professional Certificate
12.Higher Degree (Masters)
13.Higher Degree Doctoral)
14.Other(specify)
15.None
16.Not Stated
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Highest Examination
Notes:
• “Passed” means that the person has successfully
completed the examinations and received recognition of
this successful completion.
• The highest examination passed means highest
qualification e.g. degrees, diplomas, certificates,
professional titles etc. that an individual has acquired,
whether by full-time study or private study, whether
conferred in the home country or abroad, and whether
conferred by educational authorities, special examination
bodies or professional bodies. On-line education will be
accepted just as classroom education.
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Training
{For persons 15 years of age and over}
Purpose: Responses to the training
questions will provide useful information
to employers and industries that need
trained individuals to operate equipment,
machinery or have administrative, clerical
or professional skills used in an office
environment.
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Training
4.5-Have you/has (N) ever received or
attempted any training or are you/ is
(N) currently being trained to fit or
be equipped for employment, an
occupation or a profession?
If NO, skip to Next Section.
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Training
Notes:
• This question is to determine if the
person is being “retrained” to learn new
skills for a different job.
• The training must be for a specific
occupation or profession and can have a
practical component as in the case of
apprenticeships or on-the-job training.
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Training Status
4. 6-Which category of training status
applies to you/(N) ? Completed
training.
• Undergoing training currently
• Attempted training but did not complete
• Don’t Know
• Not Stated
• Notes: To have completed training
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awarded.
Field of Training
4.7-What is the field or occupation for
which the highest level of training
was completed, attempted or is
undergoing by you/(N) ?
__________Field Trained
• Notes: “Field” refers to the subject
matter that is being studied. For example,
nursing, carpenter, bartending.
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Method of training
4.8-What was/is the main method used by
you/(N) to train in this field?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
On the job
Private Study
Apprenticeship
Correspondence course
Secondary School
Vocational/Trade
school/Technical Institution
Commercial/Secretarial
School
Business/Computer School
9. University (on campus)
10. Open campus learning
11. Distance Learning
12. Online/Virtual learning
13. Private Study
14. Other (specify).
15. Don’t Know
16. Not Stated
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Method of Training
• Notes:
• Answer only the main method, in terms of time,
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•
that was used.
The list of response options may vary according
to the needs of the Caribbean country in which
the census is being conducted.
Each country will include only those response
options that apply to that country.
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Period of Training
4.9-How long was the period of
your/(N)’s highest level of training?
Notes: Enter the number of months of
training-e.g. 1 year=12 months; 3
weeks=1 month.
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Type of Certification
4.10-What type of qualification or certification did you/(N)
receive on completion of the training at the highest level?
1. None
2. Certificate with examination
3. Certificate without examination
4. Diploma
5. Advanced Diploma
6. Associate Degree
7. First Degree
8. Post Grad. Degree
9. Professional Qualification
10. Other (specify)
11. Don’t Know
12. Not Stated
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Type of Certification
• Notes: These responses are restricted to those who
have completed a substantive tertiary or vocational
study at a recognized institution that formally assesses
students’ performance (by means of an exam) and offers
a recognized or accredited degree, diploma or certificate.
If a respondent is still studying to obtain a tertiary or
vocational qualification, this should not be included. The
respondent must have completed his/her studies and be
in the possession of an official document stating that
he/she has obtained that degree/diploma/certificate.
This is particularly important in the case of vocational
qualifications.
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Training Relationship to Job
• 4.11-Is your/(N)’s recent training
related to your/(N)’s present
job?1=Yes, 2=No
• Notes: This question is to determine if
the training is going to improve the
individual’s performance in their current
job.
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Item 7.1.5
• Disability
• Day 2 – 4:45 to 5:00 PM
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Disability and Health
{For all Persons}
• Purpose:
• The purpose of this section is to:
• measure the incidence and type of disability
and nature of the handicap experienced by
members of the population.
• indicate the number of people who need
assistance with various daily activities so that
adequate services can be made available to
those in need.
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Disability and health
• determine the number of people who need
•
•
assistance with activities at home (such as
preparing meals, cleaning the house and doing
laundry) and/or activities at school (e.g. inability
to cope with regular school courses).
indicate how many people might require
assistance with their mobility in order to proceed
with everyday activities.
assess the need for care or the provision of
special facilities for the disabled.
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Disability Status
Respond only where the disability has been
continuous for 6 months or more or the condition
is likely to last more than 6 months.
3.1-Do you/does (N) have difficulty…
1-Seeing (even with glasses)?
2-Hearing (even with a hearing aid)?
3-Walking or climbing stairs?
difficulty
4- Remembering or concentrating?
all
5- Self Care?
6- Upper body functions?
7- Communicating and speaking?
1-no difficulty
2-Some difficulty
3-Yes-lots of
4-Cannot do (it) at
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Disability status
• Notes:
• Each of the seven questions has to be answered using
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•
•
•
•
the same responses/options.
A person may have more than one form of disabilityreport all types of disability
Ensure that you re-read the entire question for each
type of disability.
Enter a 1-4 response for each of 6 types of disability for
which information is requested.
If code 1-no difficulty is the response for all disabilities,
skip to 3.3.
Upper body functions refer to the respondent’s ability to
lift, reach or carry.
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Origin of Disability
3.2-What is the origin of your/(N)’s
disability…
1-Seeing (even with glasses)?
1-from birth
2-Hearing (even with a hearing aid)? 2-Illness
3-Walking or climbing stairs?
3-Accident
4- Remembering or concentrating? 4-Other
5- Self Care?
6- Upper body functions?
7- Communicating and speaking?
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Disability aids
•
3.3-Are you/is (N) required to use any of the following
aids? 1=Yes, 2=No
(Multiple responses are possible)
1. Wheelchair
2. Cane
3. Prosthesis/artificial body part
4. Crutches
5. Orthopedic Shoes
6. Braille
7. Adapted Car
8. Other (Specify)_____________
9. None
10. Don’t Know
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Disability aids
• Notes:
• Where possible, it is best to ask the individual
•
•
themselves to assess conditions of disability,
however, if this is not possible, proxy responses
will suffice. As many of the response options
are subjective, it is essential that the answer
provided by the respondent be used rather than
the enumerator making any decisions about the
correct response.
Be sure to enter all aids used if more than one.
Upper body functions refer to the respondent’s
ability to lift, reach or carry.
153
Health
{For all persons}
• Purpose: The objective of this section is
to establish what proportion of the
population has continuing health
conditions. It will provide health planners
on the needs of individuals for medical
and health services.
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Health
3.4-Do you/does (N) have, or suffer from, any of the
following illnesses? Indicate only those illnesses
that apply to the respondent.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Arthritis
Kidney disease
Asthma
Diabetes
Hypertension
Sickle Cell
7. Anemia
8. Glaucoma
9. Cancer
10. Heart diseases
11. Lupus
12. HIV/Aids
13. Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome
14. Other
(specify)_________
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Health
• Notes: An accurate assessment of
medical conditions can only be determined
by trained medical professionals. In many
cases, an individual’s medical condition
may not have been diagnosed by a doctor.
Be careful to record only the response
given by the individual and do not probe
to determine if a doctor has actually
determined the nature of the illness.
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Insurance
3.5-Are you/is (N) covered by
insurance (health, life, national,
other)?
1. Yes
2. No
Skip to Next Section
3. Don’t Know Skip to Next Section
4. Not Stated Skip to Next Section
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Type of Insurance
3.6-Which of the following insurance do you/ does
(N) have?
1. National Insurance/Soc Security
2. Life with Health
3. Group Health
4. Individual Health
5. Endowment with Health
6. Other (specify)___________
7. Don’t know
Notes: The respondent must be registered, pay premiums
or have an insurance number in order to “have” any of
the above insurance coverage.
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Item 7.1.6
• Marital and Union Status
• Day 2 – 5:00 to 5:45 PM
159
Marital and Union Status
• {For all persons 15 years of age and over}
• Purpose: Responses to these questions will
provide information on the structure and
composition of family units and other living
arrangements in the country. Information on
marital status is used in social studies since it is
associated with such factors as educational
attainment, occupation and fertility. Marital
status is also essential in assigning the correct
household and family composition codes.
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Marital Status
• 1. 8-What is your/(N)’s marital
status?
• Single/Never Married
• Married
• Divorced
• Widowed
• Legally Separated
• Not stated
• Don’t know
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Marital Status
• Notes:
• Never Married applies to persons who are ‘SINGLE’
• Some countries may wish to collect marital status data
•
•
for women less than 15 years of age
Married usually means having participated in a formal,
legal ceremony for which a marriage certificate was
provided.
The concept “marriage” is far from straightforward,
however. In many societies, marriage is not a categorical
concept but more of a process. In modern society, the
situation is further exacerbated since many partners live
in a common law, consensual or de-facto union.
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Union Status
1.9-What is your/(N)’s present union status?
1. Never had a spouse or common-law partner (Skip to
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Next Section)
Married and living with spouse - Go to 1.11.
Common Law/de facto marriage - Go to 1.11
Visiting partner
- Go to 1.11.
Not in Union
-Go to 1.10
Don’t Know
(Skip to Next Section)
Not stated
(Skip to Next
Section)
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Age at First Marriage or in a Union
1. 11-How old were you/(N) when he/she was
first married or in a union for the first time?
Years of Age
• Notes:
• Give age to nearest year in terms of age, e.g. 17
years, 4 months equals 17 years of age.
• If the respondent does not remember the age,
ask the person to estimate the age of first
marriage or in a union.
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Item 7.1.7
• Fertility
• Day 3 – 9:00 to 10:15 AM
165
Fertility
{For Females 15 years of age and over}
• If the legal age for sexual intercourse is
less than 15 in a country, these countries
may choose to collect information from
females less than 15 years of age.
• Purpose: Fertility data is important to collect
and analyze because it indicates the actual reproductive performance of a population.
• Accurate information on fertility patterns are
essential ingredients in the calculation of
population projections that are needed for
planning for future government services.
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Fertility
Notes:
• Many women may consider these questions as sensitive
and the answers to be private. They may not like to
provide this kind of information in the presence of other
persons, sometimes even including their spouse. For all
questions in the fertility section, it is therefore
particularly important that the enumerator should
attempt, if possible, to ask these questions in a face-toface interview with the female respondents. Another
reason for this is that females who have undergone the
birth event are in the best position to report about their
own fertility history.
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Children Ever Born (Live Born)
• 9.1-How many live born children
have you/has (N) ever had and how
many were male and how many were
female?
Total Number
Males
Females
If no live children born, Go to next
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person.
Children Ever Born
Notes:
• Make an entry in each box even if the
numbers are zero. Ensure that the total of
the male and female count is equal to the
total count.
• Include children and being “live born”
even if they survived for only a short
period of time.
• Exclude still births.
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Children Still Alive
9.2-How many of your/(N)’s live born
children are still alive?
Total Number
Males
Females
Notes:
• Make an entry in each box even if the numbers
are zero.
• If zero, enumeration of this person is finished.
• Ensure that the total of the male and female
count is equal to the total count.
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Age at First Birth
9.3-How old were you/was (N) when
you/she had her first live born child?
Age
Notes: Record the mother’s age at her last
birthday when the first live child was born.
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Age at Last Birth
9.4-How old were you/ was (N) when
you/she had her last live born child?
Notes: Record the mother’s age at her
last birthday when the last live child was
born.
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Date of Birth of Last Child
9.5-What was the date of birth of the
last child born alive to you/(N) ?
Day
Month
Year
Notes: Record the day, month and year of
the last child born alive.
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Live Births in the Past 12 Months
9.6-How many live births did you/(N) have
in the past 12 months?One birth
1. Two separate births
2. Twins
3. Three or more
4. None
5. Not stated
Notes: Ensure that only live births are counted.
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Children born in the past 12
months who have died
• 9.7-How many of the children who
were born to you/(N) in the past 12
months have died?
175
Sex and Age in Months of Children
who died
9.8-Of what sex and age, in months,
were the children who died in the
past 12 months?
176
Mortality
• Purpose: These questions will determine
the number of household members that
have died in the past year. The number
of persons died is one of the inputs used
to prepare population projections.
Anyone died?
9.1 Did any member of this household
die during the past 12 months?
•
1. Yes
2. No (End)
How many died?
•
•
•
•
9.2 How many died?
TotalMaleFemale
Notes:
Indicate in the relevant box provided, the ‘total’ number
of household members who died during the 12 months
prior to the interview.
• If the response to Question 9.1 was ‘yes’. The number
of ‘males’ and ‘females’ making up the total should
also be recorded in the male and female boxes provided.
Please tell me the sex and age of each household
member who died from this household during the
past 12 months
Age at death
9.3 How old was your/(N) when he/she
died?
Sex of dead person
9.4 Sex
1. Male
2. Female
Maternal death
9.5 If female aged 15 to 49 years, did the death
occur while she was:
1. Pregnant
2. During Child birth
3. During 6 weeks after the end of pregnancy
4. Other
5. Don’t know
6. Not stated
Deaths in the house
• Questions 9.1 to 9.3 are to be asked in
respect of each person who died during
the 12 months prior to the interview.
Information for persons so identified is to
be recorded in the rows corresponding to
each person. Information for the first
person is recorded in the first row
corresponding to ‘person number 1’, the
second migrant, in row corresponding to
‘person number 2’ etc.
Item 7.1.8
• Economic Activity
• Day 3 – 10:45 AM to 12:45 PM and 2:30
to 3:30
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Economic Activity
{15 years of age and over}
Purpose: The following series of questions on Economic
Activity are designed to classify all individuals in the
country into the three mutually exclusive categories,
namely, those in the labour force, (either employed or
unemployed), and those not in the labour force.
Supplemental and follow-up questions are intended to
collect the characteristics of the individuals in each of
these 3 categories. The data provides valuable socioeconomic information related to the individual’s labour
market status that is used by policy makers to make
decisions regarding the management of the economy
and by investors as to where to locate new businesses.
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Current Activity Status
5.1-What did you/(N) do mostly during the past week?
1. Had a job and worked
2. Had a job, but did not work
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Seeking first job. -Skip to 5.12
Seeking a job which was not the first –Skip to 5.12
Did not seek but wanted work and was available
Attended school/Student
Did Home Duties
Codes 5-11-Skip to Next Section.
Retired, did not work
Disabled, unable to work
Other, specify _________
Not stated
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Current Activity Status
• Notes:
• The reference period is one (1) week, (seven days) prior
•
•
•
to census day.
Follow the skip patterns carefully in this question,
otherwise the respondent will respond to questions that
are inconsistent with his/her labour force status.
The terms job, work and employment can often be used
interchangeable to ascertain an individual’s status.
If the respondent had a job and worked, or had a job
but did not work, it means that he/she was engaged in
the production of goods and services over a specified
reference period.
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Current Activity Status
• Usually, work entails the receipt of a
•
wage/salary or some other form of payment
such as commissions for sales. There are
several types of activities considered as ‘work’
however, including some which do not attract
payment.
Essentially, a respondent worked if he/she was
given some form of compensation, whether
monetary or in kind, for the effort put forth.
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Current Activity Status -- Work
Examples of activities defined as ‘work’
1. Selling newspapers, cigarettes or lottery
vending; roadside washing of cars/ windshields
for tips or payment.
2. Managing business or farm although not directly
involved in production of output
3. Preparatory activities for future operation: For
example, a fisherman who was repairing nets
for future outings or a businessman buying or
installing equipment and ordering supplies in
preparation for opening of business.
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Current Activity Status -- Work
4. Unpaid work in an economic enterprise operated by a
5.
6.
relative living in the same household or work in the
household enterprise without pay but with a share in
the earnings be it cash or kind. Exclude unpaid ‘family
worker’ who was not at work during the reference
period.
Outsourcing, i.e. the practice in some types of
business activity, where all or part of production is
allocated to individuals or households who carry out
this work at home and receive payment on a piece
rate system.
Apprenticeship, but only if the training is related to
production and regardless of whether pay is received
or not.
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Current Activity Status -- Work
7. Paid domestic services, including baby-sitting and the
8.
9.
teaching of children in their homes for payment in the
form of cash or kind (e.g. boarding, lodging etc.).
Production for own or household consumption (e.g.
backyard vegetable production) but only if the majority
of the production is for the individual’s or household’s
subsistence. Also the construction or major renovation
of own house (not minor repairs).
Lay-offs or no-pay leave, i.e. where a person’s activity
or contract of employment is suspended for a specified
or unspecified period, at the end of which the person
has a recognized right or expectation to return to work.
The important consideration is that there is still a job
attachment.
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Activities not defined as “work”
1. Work done without pay for a household or family
2.
3.
4.
5.
member who does not own a farm or business but
who is himself/herself a salaried employee. For
instance typing done for a spouse who is an employee
of Government or private employee e.g. typing done
for a senior public servant by his spouse.
Unpaid home activities such as child care, cutting lawn
or painting the house.
Training or apprenticeship, unrelated to the production
activities of the enterprise, even if a stipend is paid.
Volunteer work for organizations such as hospitals,
PTAs or unpaid community service.
Investment in a business but not contributing to its
management or operations e.g. holding shares and
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stocks.
Current Employment Status
5.2-What type of worker status
applies to you/(N) ?
1. Paid employee, State
2.
3.
4.
5.
owned/Government
Paid employee, Statutory
Board
Paid employee, Private
Establishment
Paid employee, Private Home
Own business/ Self-employed
with paid employees
6. Own business/ Self employed
without Employees
7. Apprentice/Learners
8. Unpaid Worker/Employee
9. Volunteer worker
10.Contributing family
member/worker
11.Other (Specify)________
12.Don’t know
13.Not stated
193
Current Employment Status
• Notes:
• Status refers to the employment
relationship or contract that a person has
with the employer.
• “Paid workers” are those who have
received some form of monetary
compensation for the work performed.
194
Main Occupation
• 5.3-What kind of work were you/was
(N) mainly doing during the past
week? Occupation
________________________
195
Main Occupation
Notes:
• For both occupation and industry questions, give as
many details as possible regarding the nature of the
occupation or industry. For example:
 a bank clerk or retail sales clerk rather than just a clerk
 a finishing carpenter rather than just a carpenter
 an automobile mechanic rather than just a mechanic
 federal/regional government rather than just
government
 copper mining instead of just mining
 clothing retail store rather than just retail store.
“Mainly” refers to the work where the greatest number of
hours were spend.
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Main Industry & Type of Business
5.4-What is the main business carried out at
your/(N)’s work place?
Industry __________________________
Notes: If there is more than one economic
activity being carried out, for example,
manufacturing and transportation of finished
products, specify the main business as
determined by the greatest monetary value of
the good or service produced.
197
Hours Worked
5.5-How many hours did you/(N)
work during the past week?
• Notes: The number of hours is at the
person’s main work.
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Place of Work
5.6 Where is you/(N)’s place of work?
1. A fixed place of work outside the home
2. Work at home
3. No fixed place of work
4. Don’t know
5. Not stated
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Work/Office Address
5.7-What is the name and address of
your/(N)’s workplace?
Name______________________
Address____________________
____________________
Notes: Provide as many details as
possible. This will assist in the head office
coding of the type of industry.
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Usual Activity Status
5.8-What did you/(N) do most during the past 12 months?
•
Had a job and worked
•
Had a job, but did not work
•
Seeking first job.-Skip to 5.12
•
Seeking a job which was not the first- Skip to 5.12
•
Did not seek but wanted work and was available-Skip to next
Section
•
Attended school/Student
•
Did Home Duties
•
Retired, did not work
•
Disabled, unable to work
•
Others, specify _________
•
Not stated
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Usual Activity Status
• Notes: “Seeking a job” can involve a
number of activities. Use these codes if
the respondent indicates any activity in
seeking a job.
• Follow the skip patterns carefully.
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Months Worked
5.9-For how many months did you/(N)
work during the past 12 months?-if
not stated, use code 99.
Months
Notes: Round to nearest number of
complete months, e.g. 2.5 months = 3
months
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Steps Taken to Look for Work
5.12-What steps did you/(N) take during the past
week to look for work?
1. Direct application (sent out letters, completed
application form) Notes: Include completing and
submitting applications to employers.
2. Checking at work sites, factory gates, etc. Notes:
Include looking at job ad in newspapers, filling
application forms or contacting potential employers by
telephone, email etc.
3. Seeking assistance from friends
4. Registered at public/private employment exchange
5. Others, specify________
6. Not stated
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Item 7.1.10
• Access to the Internet
• Day 3 – 3:30 to 4:00 PM
205
Access to the Internet
{All Persons}
• Purpose: Access to and the use of the Internet
is rapidly expanding in all countries.
• This is resulting in significant changes in
communication practices, social customs and
personal habits. Information on these questions
will provide policy makers with a basis for
decision makings on how best to communicate
with the population of a country.
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Access to the Internet
6.1-Have you/has (N) had access or
connected to the internet within the past 3
months? 1=Yes, 2=No
-if no, skip to Next Section
Notes: “Access or connected to” means that the
respondent had the option to avail themselves of
the internet and chose to use this option.
• The questions are to cover for a period of last
three months preceding census day.
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Current Internet Use
6.2-Where did you/(N) mainly access the internet in
the past 3 months?
1. Home
2. Work
3. School
4. Internet Café
5. Cellular Phone (Blackberry is considered a cellular
phone)
6. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
7. Family or Friend’s House
8. Other (specify)_________
9. Don’t Know
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Current Internet Use
Notes: This question is to determine where
the respondent actually had access to the
internet. A “Home” response indicates
that there is a computer in the
respondent’s home that has internet
access.
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Item 7.1.11
• Income
• Day 3 – 4:45 to 5:35 PM
210
Income
Purpose:
• This question collects information on income
received from the respondent’s main job,
making it possible to generate an overall
employment income distribution.
• When cross referenced with items such as
occupation, industry and other population data,
policy-makers are able to gain a clearer
understanding of various socio-economic issues
• Examples include relationships between
remuneration and education, age, household
composition, and housing types.
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Frequency of Payment
5.10-How often are you/is (N) paid from
their main job?
1. Weekly
2. Fortnightly
3. Monthly
4. Quarterly
5. Annually
6. Other
7. Not applicableGo to Next Section
8. Don’t knowGo to Next Section
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Frequency of Pay
Notes:
• Obtain from the respondent what was his last
pay period and record the appropriate code.
• This question is applicable to every person in
paid employment.
• For those who do task jobs or casual work, try
to obtain a definite pay period.
• For instance, if paid on a daily or piece rate
basis, you should report ‘weekly’ and convert the
payments to a weekly basis.
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Gross Income Last Pay Period
5.11-What was your/(N)’s pay/income
during the last pay period from your
main job? (Present the FLASH CARD)
Notes:Report the income on Main job in
relation to the main employment. For self
employed persons, obtain “net income”,
i.e. receipts less business expenses.
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Sources of Livelihood
{For all persons}
Purpose: This question will provide
government policy makers with
information on the financial well-being of
the population. This information will
assist in the planning and implementation
of future welfare and support systems.
Sources of Livelihood
8.1-What are your/(N)’s sources of their livelihood?
(Indicate only those sources that apply; Mark all sources even
though they may be minor in terms of the total amount of the source
of livelihood. )
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1.Pension (local)
•
2.Pension (overseas)
3.Investment
•
4.Remittances (overseas) –
(Cash/Kind)
•
5.Savings/interest on savings
•
6.Employment
•
7.Disability benefits
8.Unemployment benefits •
•
9.Social security benefits
10.Other public assistance •
11.Support from friends/relatives
(local) (Cash/Kind)
12.Support from friends/relatives
(Overseas) (Cash/Kind)
13.Spouse/Partner Support
(Cash/Kind)
14.Children Support (Cash/Kind)
15.Parent(s) Support (Cash/Kind)
16.Guardian(s) Support (Cash/Kind)
17.Backyard Farming
18.Other (specify) ________
• 19.Not stated
Item 7.2
• Housing Questionnaire
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Item 7.2.1
• Characteristics of Occupied Buildings
• Day 4 – 9:00 to 9:15 AM
218
Type of Building
• Purpose: The questions on type of
people will provide information on the
stock of housing in the country. This will
be used to determine the various types of
living accommodations that exist in the
country and the quality and age of the
materials used in the construction.
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Type of building
• 1.1: What type of building is this?
• 1 Residential
• 2 Residential/Commercial
• 3 Residential/Professional (Office –
Service Providers)
• 4 Other (Specify)________
• 5 Not Stated
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Material of Outer Walls
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1.2: What is the main material of the outer walls?
1 Wood
2 Wood and Brick
3 Wood and concrete
4 Wood and galvanized
5 Concrete
6 Concrete and Blocks
7 Stone
8 Stone and brick
9 Nog
10 Wattle/Adobe/Tapia
11 Other specify)___________
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Material of Outer Walls
• Notes:
This topic refers to the construction material of
external (outer) walls of the building in which
the sets of living quarters are located.
Enter the correct code for the material of the
building walls, based on your observation. You
will be able to observe the correct answer in
most cases, but if in doubt, ask. If there is more
than one kind of material making up the walls,
record the main wall material (the material that
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covers the largest amount of wall space).
Material of the Roof
• 1.3: What is the main material used for
roofing?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Sheet metal (zinc, aluminum, galvanize)
Shingle (asphalt)
Shingle (wood)
Concrete
Tile
Rubber Rye
Asbestos
Thatch/Makeshift
Other (specify)_________
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Material of the Roof
• Notes:
• Enter the correct code for the material of
the building roof, based on your
observation. You will be able to observe
the correct answer in most cases, but if in
doubt, ask. If there is more than one kind
of material making up the roof, record the
main roofing material (the material that
covers the largest amount of roof).
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Year Built
•
1.4: In which year / period was this building
built?
1. Before 1980
2. 1980 – 1989
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1990 – 1999
2000 – 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Don’t know
Not Stated
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• Notes for YEAR BUILT:
• The year built refers to the year the building was
•
•
•
•
•
completed and occupied for the first time.
This topic refers to the age of the dwelling in which the
household is located.
Remember that the householder may genuinely not
know when the building was built, especially if the
building is owned by someone who is not a member of
the household.
For those households living in buildings that are under
construction record the year of occupancy as the year
when built. In the case of major renovations, the year
when the building underwent major renovations should
be recorded as the year when built.
Minor repairs, renovation or improvement of the building
does not in general change the year of construction.
If the respondent experiences difficulty specifying the
date the building was built, ask them to estimate based
on other events taking place around that time.
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Item 7.2.2
• Characteristics of Occupied Dwelling Unit
and Land Tenancy
• Day 4 – 9:15 to 9:30 AM
227
Occupancy Status
• 2.1: What is the occupancy status of
the dwelling unit?
1. Occupied
2. Seasonally vacant
3. Non-Seasonally vacant
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Occupancy status
• Purpose: This question is to ascertain
the period of time during the year that the
dwelling is actually occupied.
• Notes:
• Seasonally vacant means that the dwelling
is usually only occupied on a seasonal
basis and any residents have a permanent
residence elsewhere.
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Type of Dwelling
2.2: How would you describe the type of
dwelling unit that your household occupies?
1. Separate
house/detached/Undi
vided Private House
/Undivided private
house
2. Part of a private
house/Attached
3. Flat,
Apartment/Condomin
ium
4. Townhouse
5. Double house/Duplex
6. Combined business
and dwelling
7. Barracks
8. Out-room
9. Yacht
10.Group dwelling
11.Improvised Housing
Unit (Earth/Leaves
/Branched etc)
12.Other
(Specify)__________
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Type of Dwelling
• 1. Separate house/detached/Undivided Private House
• This is a single dwelling unit that takes up the complete building and
which may be inhabited by one or more households. (NOTE that
even though there may be more than one household occupying the
dwelling there is absolutely no physical division or separation of the
dwelling unit in terms of ingress or egress).
• People living in yacht permanently are treated as a separate living
quarters/dwelling unit.
• 2. Part of a private house/ Attached
• This occurs when a household occupies only a part of a private
house in what may be described as a physical subdivision or
separation, even if ingress and egress is shared or not shared.
• 3. Flat/apartment/condominium
• These are self-contained private dwellings in a single or multi-
storied building. Each such dwelling must have separate access to
the street, either through direct access or a communal staircase,
passage, veranda or corridor, etc. The rooms in this type of dwelling
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are usually side-by-side on the same floor.
Type of Dwelling
• 4. Townhouse This type of dwelling is similar to a flat, apartment
or condominium except that the rooms are usually on two floors –
living quarters on the ground floor and bedrooms above. This is a
self- contained unit (usually in blocks of units) with separate legal
title to ownership. Sometimes common facilities such as security
and grounds may be shared.
• 5. Double house/duplex This is a dwelling that is joined to only
one other dwelling – separated by a wall extending from ground to
roof. There must be no other dwellings either above or below and
the double house or duplex must be separated from all other
structures by open space.
• 6. Combined business and dwelling In this type of dwelling,
the household occupies part of the building for living purposes. The
other portion(s) of the building is used for business such as
groceries, garages, etc.
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Type of Dwelling
• 7. Barracks This is a room or division of a long
building containing several independent private
dwellings with or without shared facilities.
• 8. Out-room This is a room separate from the
main building and occupied by a separate
household e.g. domestic employees’ quarters.
• 9. Yacht In this case, the yacht is the usual
resident of the persons.
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Type of Dwelling
• 10. Group dwelling This is a residence where several individuals
or families live, such as school where the students live in residence.
• 11.Improvised Housing Unit (Earth/Leaves /Branched etc)
An improvised housing unit is an independent, makeshift shelter or
structure, built of waste materials and without a predetermined plan
for the purpose of habitation by one household, which is being used
as living quarters at the time of the census.
• 12. Other (specify)…… This category is to be shaded only if the
dwelling does not fit into any of the categories 1 – 10. The dwelling
type should also be specified in the space provided.
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Type of Tenure/Ownership
• 2.3: Is this dwelling unit ------- by any
member of the household?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Owned (Including with a mortgage)
Rented Private (paying)
Rented Govt. (paying)
Rent free
Leased
Squatted
Other (specify)_________
8. Don’t know
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Type of Tenure/Ownership
• 1. Owned The category applies when the head or any
other member of the household owns the dwelling or
in the process of buying the dwelling.
• 2. Rented – private (paying) This applies when a
member of the household rents the dwelling from an
individual or a private company. The rental arrangement
may or may not be covered by formal contract and while
the payment period is usually monthly, there may be
other payment periods including weekly, fortnightly,
quarterly etc…, for occupancy of the dwelling unit.
• 3. Rented – Government (paying) This applies
when a member of the household rents the dwelling
from the Government or a Government Agency
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Type of Tenure/Ownership
• 4. Rent-free In this case, no member of the household pays rent for the
occupancy of the dwelling. This situation may apply to households
occupying dwellings rent free, which are owned by relatives or even friends
who are not members of the household. Other rent-free arrangements
include government and private employees who occupy dwellings owned by
their employers and pay no rent.
• 5. Leased A lease differs from a rental since it occurs by agreed contract
that stipulates, in advance, the total rental sum for a fixed duration. This
total sum may be paid in advance or by installments
• 6. Squatted This applies when the household is found occupying a
dwelling unit without the permission of the owner or without any legal
rights to the property.
• 7. Other (specify)……… When conditions of occupancy are different
from all the categories stated above, shade option “7. Other (specify)…..”
and specify the type of occupancy.
• 8. Don’t Know / 10. Not stated Avoid the use of these categories as far
as possible. They should only be used as a last resort after extensive efforts
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to obtain the information have failed.
Building Repairs
• 2.4: Is this dwelling in need of any
repairs?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
No Repairs
Minor repairs
Moderate repairs
Major repairs
Irreparable
Other (Specify)___________
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Building Repairs
• 2. Minor repairs Refer mostly to the regular maintenance of the
building and its components, such as repair of a cracked window.
• 3. Moderate repairs Refer to the correcting of moderate defects
such as missing gutters on the roof, large areas of broken plaster,
stairways with no secure handrails and so forth.
• 4. Major repairs Repairs needed in the case of serious structural
defects of the building, such as missing shingles or tiles on the roof,
cracks and holes in the exterior walls, missing stairways and so
forth.
• 5. Irreparable Refers to buildings that are beyond repair, that is
to say, with so many serious structural defects that it is deemed
more appropriate to tear the buildings down than to undertake
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Insurance
• 2.5 Is this dwelling insured?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Yes
No
Don’t Know
Not Stated
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Insurance
• 2.6 Are the contents of this
dwelling insured?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Yes, all
No, none
Partially
Don’t Know
Not Stated
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Insurance
• Purpose: The above two questions are
to determine the degree to which home
owners are protected by insurance.
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Type of Land Tenancy
• 2.7 Under what type of arrangement is
the land occupied?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Owned/freehold
Lease-hold
Rented (Paying)
Rent-free
Permission to work land
Squatted
Share cropping
Other (specify)_________
Don’t Know
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Type of Land Tenancy
• Purpose: This question is to provide information on the
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•
•
conditions under which families occupy the land.
Notes:
This question relates to the legal and financial
arrangements under which the household occupies the
land on which the dwelling sits.
It is quite possible for the tenure of the land to be
different from the tenure of the dwelling unit – for
example, when a member of the household owns a
house but pays land-rent; or when a member of the
household has built (and therefore owns) a dwelling on
squatted land.
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Type of Land Tenancy
1. Owned/Freehold. This category applies when a
2.
3.
member of the household owns the land or in the
process of buying the land.
Leasehold. The land is usually owned by the
Government or some other authority or individual and
is leased to a member of the household for a long
period – e.g. 20 years, 99 years. A lease differs from a
rental by an agreed contract, which stipulates, in
advance, the total rental sum for the land during a
fixed duration of the contract. This total sum may be
paid in advance or by installments.
Rented (paying). This category applies when the
head of the household or any other household
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agreed monthly or annual rental to the owner (s).
Type of Land Tenancy
4.
Rent-free. In this case, no member of the household pays rent for the
occupancy of the dwelling. This situation may apply to households
occupying dwellings rent free, which are owned by relatives or even
friends who are not members of the household. Other rent-free
arrangements also exist such as government and private employees who
occupy dwellings owned by their employers.
5.
Permission to work Land. In this category, the household does not
own the land. The owner gives permission for the land to be used for a
specific reason (usually agricultural). There is no payment in the form of
rent, royalty, fees or even a proportion of the yield, for occupancy of the
land.
6.
Share Cropping. The owner of the land and a household member
entered into an agreement to have the latter used the land for
agricultural purposes with the understanding that the owner will receive
part of the produce and or a percentage of the money from the sale of
the produce as rent.
7.
Squatted. This applies when the household occupies the land without
permission of the owner or any legal rights to the property.
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Item 7.2.3
• Housing Units by facilities available for use
• Day 4 – 9:30 to 9:45 AM
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Fuel used for cooking
• 3.1: What type of fuel does this
household use most for cooking?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Wood/charcoal
Kerosene
Electricity
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Natural Gas
6. Solar Energy
7. Biogas
8. None
9. Other (specify)________
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Fuel used for cooking
• Purpose: This question is to determine the fuel families
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used in the preparation of their meals.
Notes:
If the household uses more than one fuel for cooking,
find out which type of fuel is used most often.
If the household does not cook and eats out in
restaurants or dines with relatives, indicate 9,
other (specify)… and specify ‘no cooking’.
‘Biogas’ includes gases produced by fermenting
manure in an enclosed pit.
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Disposal of solid waste/garbage
• 3.2: How does this household usually
dispose of its garbage?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Dumping (land)
Compost
Burning
Dumping/throwing into river/sea/pond
5.
6.
7.
8.
Burying
Garbage truck/skip/bin – Public
Garbage truck - Private
Other (specify) _______
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Disposal of solid waste/garbage
• Purpose: This question will provide important
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•
•
information on issues related to health conditions
resulting from the disposal of garbage.
Notes:
You should note that the question asks for the main
method of garbage disposal, which indicates that only
one response code should be entered.
Category 2, ‘compost’ refers to garbage which is
purposely set aside and stored in a manner, which
allows for rapid decomposition to take place.
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Type of Water Supply
• Purpose: The next questions are used to
determine the access that the population
has to clean, potable water for drinking
and washing and for the disposal of
human waste. The answers will provide
information on the general sanitary
conditions in the country and the ability of
the people to control and combat disease.
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Type of Water Supply
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
3.3: What is your main source of water supply?
Public Piped into dwelling
Public standpipe outside the unit
Public piped into yard
Private Piped into dwelling
5.
6.
7.
8.
Truck borne (not piped into dwelling)
Private Catchments, not piped
Spring/River
Other (specify) (incl. private borehole etc)________
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Type of Water Supply
• Notes: Enter the code for the most usual source. If the
source varies by season, record the source for the
season of the interview.
• 1. Public piped into dwelling Refers to the water
received by the household from a public source, which is
piped into the dwelling.
• 2. Public standpipe outside the unit This situation
applies when water is available to the household from a
standpipe in the street or other areas of public access.
• 3. Public piped into yard
In this case, the
household receives running water from a public source
through a pipe in the yard or compound on which the
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dwelling stands.
Type of Water Supply
• 4. Private piped into dwelling Refers to the water received by
the household from a private source, which is piped into the
dwelling. For example, if a household, through its own private
arrangement, pumps water from a river or pond through pipes
directly into the dwelling unit. Other similar situations also apply,
such as when water is piped to dwelling from private catchments
(rain water).
• 5. Truck Borne (not piped into dwelling) Source transports and
sells water by means of a tanker truck.
• 6. Private catchments (not piped) Where the water supply to
the household is not piped but is from private storage facilities such
as vats, drums or any other receptacle. Under these arrangements,
rainwater collection may be the primary source of supply.
• 7. River/stream/creek/pond/spring This is when the main
source of water used by household is directly from a river, creek,
pond etc…
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Type of Drinking Water
• 3.4 What is your main source of drinking
water?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Public Piped into dwelling
Public standpipe outside the unit
Private Piped into dwelling
Private Catchments, not piped
Public dug well
Private dug well
Spring, River
Bottled Water
Other (specify) (incl. private borehole etc)
_________
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Type of Drinking Water
• Notes:
• This question is different from the previous question in
•
•
that it solicits information on the main source of
drinking water rather than the main source of water
supply, which are not necessarily the same.
Enter the code for the most usual source. If several
sources are mentioned, probe to determine the most
usual source. If the source varies by season, record the
source for the season of the interview.
Countries may decide to show the difference between
protected and unprotected sources.
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Type of Drinking Water
• Categories 1 to 7 are the same as above.
• 8. Bottled water
• Bottled water is purchased water sold bottles.
•
Note that this refers only to bottled water that is
commercially available. Sometimes household
members may store water from other sources in
bottles – this should not be coded as bottled
water.
In other words, bottled water is produced by a
manufacturer of bottled water, which reaches
the household in sealed containers, which is
usually a guarantee of product quality.
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Toilet facilities
• 3.5: What type of toilet facility does this
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
household have?
Water Closet (WC) (Flush toilet) Linked to sewer
Water Closet (WC) (flush toilet) linked to septic
tank/Soak-away
Pit latrine ventilated and elevated/ Ventilated Improved
Pit (VIP)
Pit Latrine ventilated and not elevated
Pit latrine not ventilated
Other (specify)________________
None (Skip to 3.7)
Don’t know
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Toilet facilities
• Notes:
• In cases where a household has more than one
•
type of toilet facility, record the better/ best
type of facility. For example, if the household
has both a pit latrine and a WC, code the
response as WC.
A flush toilet uses a cistern or holding tank for
flushing water and has a water seal, which is a
U-shaped pipe, below the seat or squatting pan
that prevents the passage of flies and odours.
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Toilet facilities
• 1. WC linked to sewer This facility is a flush
or water closet, which fills from a piped water
supply and empties into a sewerage disposal
system..
• 2. WC linked to septic tank/ soak away
This is similar in some ways to the previous
option (WC linked to sewer). The system is
also water borne but is not linked to sewer.
Instead, it empties into a septic tank or soakaway.
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Toilet facilities
• 3. Pit latrine ventilated and elevated/
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•
•
•
Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP)
4. Pit Latrine ventilated and not elevated
5. Pit latrine not ventilated This is not a
water borne system and is almost invariably
located in yards or plot of land occupied by
households.
6. Other (specify)……… Any type other than
those listed above.
7. None This may refer to situations where
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none, skip to 3.7.
Shared toilet facilities
• 3.6: Is the toilet shared with any other
1.
2.
3.
•
household?
Yes
No
Don’t Know
Purpose: This question is to determine whether the
household shares their sanitation facility with other
households. The shared status of a sanitation facility is
important because shared facilities can be less hygienic
than facilities used by only a single household.
Unhygienic conditions (feces on the floor, seat or wall
and flies) may discourage use of the facility.
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Bathing facilities
• 3.7: Are your bathing facilities
indoors?
1. Yes
2. No (Skip to 3.9)
•
• 3.8: Are your bathing facilities
shared with another household?
1. Yes
2. No
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Type of lighting
• 3.9: What is the main source of lighting
for this household?
1. Electricity – Public
2. Electricity – Private Generator
3. Gas lantern
4.
5.
6.
7.
Kerosene
Solar
None
Other (specify) _______
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Type of Lighting
• Purpose: This question will determine
the energy source used by families to light
their homes.
• Notes:
• If using more than one type, for instance
electricity and kerosene, ask for the main
type used over a long period. Solar panels
as a source of lighting should be included
under the category 5.
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Rooms
• 3.10: How many rooms does this
household unit have?
• Purpose: By relating the answers to
these questions with the number of
persons living in a household, it will
provide information on the numbers of
persons occupying each house and the
amount of space available to each person.
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Rooms
• Notes:
• A room is defined as a space in a dwelling unit
enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the
ceiling or roof covering, or to a height of at least
two meters, of an area large enough to hold a bed
for an adult, that is, at least four square meters.
The total number of types of rooms therefore
includes bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms,
studies, habitable attics, servants’ rooms, kitchens,
rooms used for professional or business purposes,
and other separate spaces used or intended for
dwelling purposes, so long as they meet the criteria
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concerning walls and floor space.
Rooms
• The number of rooms will be collected with
•
KITCHEN considered as a room
Passageways, verandas, lobbies, bathrooms and
toilet rooms SHOULD NOT be counted as rooms,
even if they meet the criteria. Separate
information may be collected for national
purposes on spaces of less than four square
meters that conform in other respects to the
definition of ”room” if it is considered that their
number warrants such a procedure.
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Bedrooms
• 3.11: How many bedrooms does this household
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•
•
unit have?
Notes:
Bedrooms are rooms used mainly for sleeping.
There must be some permanency about the walls
enclosing the bedrooms. A room used for other
activities by day and sleeping by night is not a
bedroom except in the case of one-room dwelling
units. In such cases it must be recorded as having
ONE room and ONE bedroom.
Sleeping areas partitioned with blinds, etc., do
not count as bedrooms.
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Item 7.2.4
• Household Equipment, Appliances, and
other facilities
• Day 4 – 9:45 to 10:00 AM
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Use of appliances/equipment and
other facilities
• 4.1: Which of these appliances or
household equipment does this
household have in use? (Indicate all that
apply).
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Air Conditioner
Refrigerator
Freezer
Microwave
Water pump
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Appliances
6. Washing machine
7. Clothes dryer
8. Dish washer
9. Stove (Gas/electric/solar)
10.Water heater
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Appliances
11.Radio/stereo
12.Cable TV
13.Satellite TV
14.Television
15.DVD/MP3 Player/Blue Ray/Play
16. StationElectricity generator
17.Fixed line telephone
18.Mobile/cellular phone
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Appliances
19. Computer
20. GPS Receiver
21. Internet connection
• Purpose: Responses to this question will
•
provide information on a household’s access to
facilities and an indication of the general
wealth of the population.
Notes: These items must be in working
condition for you to code that response
category.
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Ownership of Houses Elsewhere
8.1 Including yourself, how many
members of your household own a
house or other kind of dwelling unit
elsewhere?
• No. of household members ____
Purpose: Responses to this question will
assess the degree to which the population
owns more than one house.
Item 7.2.5
• International Migration
• Day 4 – 10:30 to 11:30 AM
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International Migration
(Emigration)
• Purpose: This question will assist in
determining the demographic and
educational characteristics and the timing
and reasons why the population has
moved to other countries.
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International Emigration
• 5.1: Did anyone in this household move abroad to
•
•
•
•
live between 2000 and 2010 and is still living
abroad?
1. Yes
2. No (Skip to Next Section )
Notes:
If the response to this question is ‘YES’ then questions
5.3 to 5.9 must be answered for each person (on a
separate line) who have gone to live abroad.
It should be noted that a student gone abroad to study
for a specific period or persons seeking medical
attention or on vacation (even an extended vacation)
should not be considered as having gone abroad.
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persons who moved before 2000; persons who moved
International Migration
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•
•
•
5.2: How many persons?
Total Male Female
[See questionnaire]
Notes: Indicate in the relevant box provided,
the ‘total’ number of persons migrated and still
living abroad during the last ten (10) years, if
the response to Question 5.1 was ‘yes’. The
number of ‘males’ and ‘females’ making up
the total should also be recorded in the other
boxes provided.
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Sex of Emigrant
• 5.3 What is this person’s sex?
• 1: Male
• 2:Female
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Age of Emigrant
• 5.4 What was this person’s age at time of
•
•
•
•
departure?
If emigrant was less than 15 yrs at time of
departure skip to next Section.
The age at last birthday of the migrant (in
completed years) at the time of departure is to be
recorded in the box provided. If the migrant, at the
time of departure, was a nine (9) year old child,
write in the boxes provided.
09
If the emigrant was less than 15 years old at the
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time of departure, record the age and SKIP the next
question and go to 5.6.
Occupation of Emigrant
• 5.5 What was this person’s occupation at time
•
•
of departure?
Please specify in details.
This question only applies if the migrant was 15
years old or older at the time of departure.
Specify on the dotted lines provided, the
occupation of the migrant at the time of
departure, if any. Use a minimum of two words
to describe the occupation. It is not enough to
write ‘clerk’ alone, you need to specify type of
clerk e.g. ‘Accounts clerk’ or ‘sales clerk’.
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Education of emigrant
• 5.6 What was the highest level of education
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•
•
•
•
•
•
reached by this person at time of departure?
1 None /No Schooling
2 Pre-primary education (Specify)
3 Primary (Specify)
4 Secondary (Specify)
5 University/Tertiary
6 Other (specify)_____
7 Don’t Know
8 Not stated
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Education of Emigrant
• 5.6 Highest level of education
• This question refers to the highest level of
education reached by the migrant at the
time of departure.
• Use the same levels as in the Educational
Attainment question (4.3) in the Personal
questionnaire.
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Country of Emigration
• 5.7 Which country did this person migrate to?
• N.B Write country on dotted line
• The country to which the person migrated is to
be recorded on the dotted line. In the case of
step migration (i.e. when a person emigrated to
a country but settles in another) record the
country to which the person emigrated at the
time of leaving this country.
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Year of Emigration
• 5.8 In which year did this person migrate?
• Record the year in which the person
emigrated in the boxes provided. In the
event the respondent cannot provide the
information, shade the oval indicating
‘don’t know’.
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Main reason for emigrating
5.9 What was the main reason for migrating at time
of departure?
• 1. Family Reunification
• 2. Employment
• 3. Study
• 4. Crime Rate
• 5. Medical
• 6. Other (Specify)___
• 7. Don’t Know
• In cases where persons have left the country to
study but stayed on to work after completion of
studies, code ‘3’ and NOT ‘2’
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Item 7.2.6
• Environment
• Day 4 – 11:30 to Noon
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ENVIRONMENT
• Purpose: Responses to this question will
identify the household’s concern with
environmental issues, how they obtain
information about the issues and their
attention to addressing them.
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Environmental Issues
6.1: What environmental issue(s)
affect your household in your
community/area?
• ( For each issue, indicate only one of
“affected”, “concerned” or “neither”.)
Environmental Issues
1. Waste disposal
8 Soil erosion
2. Water contamination
9. Squatting
3. Drainage
10.
Flooding
11.
Cell Phone tower
4. Air pollution
5. Use of pesticide
6. Deforestation
7. Destruction of mangroves
.
12. Noise (Specify)
_________
13.
Other (Specify)
_________
Source of Environmental Info
6.2 What is your/(N)’s main source of
environmental information?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Relatives/Friends
Newspaper, TV or Radio
Internet
School/Library
Environmental interest group
Government or local council
Other specify _________
Do not have any
Don’t know
Available environmental info
6.3 Do you believe the information
available in the country on the
environment is sufficient or not
enough?
1. Yes, sufficient
2. No, not sufficient
3. Don’t know
Overall environmental situation
6.4 In the last five years, do you believe the
overall quality of the environment in the
country has improved, remained much
the same or worsened?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Improved
Same
Worsened
Unsure
Don’t know
Item 7.2.7
• Crime
• Day 4 – Noon to 12:30 PM
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Crime
• Purpose: This question will provide
information on reported and unreported
crime, victimization and the responses of
the legal system to the crime.
Types of Crimes
A: Murder
B: Kidnapping
C: Shooting
D: Rape/Abuse
E: Robbery
F: Wounding
G: Larceny
H: Other (Specify)----------------
Victim of a crime
7.1: Has any member of the household
been a victim of the following crime during
the past 12 months?
• 1 Yes
• 2 No
• 3 Don’t know
• 4 NS
Crime reported
7.2 Was the crime reported?
• 1 Yes (skip to 7.4)
• 2 No
• 3 Don’t Know (skip to Section HH)
Why crime not reported
7.3 If no, why was/were the crime(s) not
reported?
• 1 No confidence in the administration of
justice
• 2 Afraid of perpetrator
• 3 Not serious enough
• 4 Others (Specify)
• 5 Not stated
Result of crime reported
7.4 If yes, what was the result?
• 1 Pending
• 2 Convicted
• 3 Dismissed
• 4 Other (Specify)
• 5 Don’t know
Item 8
• OVERVIEW OF DOCUMENTS FOR
FIELD OPERATIONS
• Day 4 – 2:30 to 3:45 PM
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Item 9
• OVERVIEW OF THE LOGISTICS OF
FIELD ENUMERATION
• Day 4 – 4:00 to 5:30 PM
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Item 10
• OVERVIEW OF PROCEDURES AND
TECHNIQUES FOR OPERATIONS
MONITORING, COVERAGE
ASSESSMENT AND DATA QUALITY
ASSURANCE RELATIVE TO CENSUS
MANAGEMENT.
• Day 5 – 9:00 to 9:45 AM
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Item 11
• CENSUS MAPPING - EASY STEPS TO
UNDERSTANDING THE
ENUMERATION DISTRICT (ED)
• Day 5 – 10:15 to 11:45 AM
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Item 12
• SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS AND
THE WAY FORWARD
• Day 5 – 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
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Item 13
• ANY OTHER BUSINESS
• Day 5 – 12:30 to 1 PM
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• END OF MEETING !!
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