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Census Questionnaires

The Census Questionnaires The Census General Directorate of Statistics used two different forms to collect Census 2010 data: the Long Form and short-form, which consists of seven population and housing questions answered by all the households, and the sample data or long-form : Census 2004 and 2010 questionnaires are available online at: I. Population and housing for Household members’ information characteristics available on the long – form A. All household members

  1. Household relationships
  2. Sex
  3. Age
  4. Marital Status
  5. Religion
  6. Mother Tongue
  7. Disability :
    • Walking
    • Seeing
    • Hearing
    • Intellectual/Mental
    • Reason of disability

B. Migration

  1. Years of living in Residence
  2. Reason for movement
  3. Place of Previous Residence
  4. Citizenship

C. Orphanhood

  1. Mother alive
  2. Father alive

D. Birth Registration E. EDUCATION : For persons 5 years and above

  1. Literacy
  • Tetum
  • Portugues
  • English
  • Bahasa

2.  School Attendance

  1. Level of Education
  2. Grade

F. LABOUR FORCE : For persons 10 years and above

  1. Occupation
  2. Economic Activity Status
  3. Occupation
  4. Industry, Trade, Service
  5. Sector of Employment
  6. Main economic activity 12 month
  7. Secondary economic activity – 12 month

G. For All women aged 15 years and over Particulars of all live births

  1. Total children ever born
  2. Children usually live in this household
  3. Children usually live elsewhere
  4. Children who have died

Particulars of last live birth

  1. Total children ever born
  2. Date of last birth Month / Year
  3. Sex of last birth
  4. Last child
  5. Facility of delivery
  6. Assistance during delivery

H. Housing and household amenities

  1. Ownership is your residence
  2. Main construction material for your external walls
  3. Main construction material for your roof
  4. Main construction material for your floor
  5. Source of energy for your cooking
  6. Source of energy for your lighting
  7. Main source of drinking water
  8. Main type of human waste disposal
  9. Share this toilet with other households
  10. Household own the following items :
    • Radio
    • Television
    • Telephone/mobile
    • Refrigerator/Freezer
    • Bicycle
    • Motorcycle
    • Car/van/Anguna
    • Rice husker
    • Rice milling
    • Boat

11. Household have a hand tractor household operate land for purposes of crop production during the last 12 months 12. Household do livestock rearing during the last 12 months 13. Household grow any crops :

    • Rice
    • Maize
    • Cassava
    • Vegetables
    • Fruit (temporary)
    • Fruit (permanent)
    • Coffee
    • Coconut
    • Other temporary crops
    • Other permanent crops

I. Recent deaths information

          1. Sex
          2. Age of Death

For female 15 years and above

          1. During pregnancy
          2. Giving birth
          3. Within six weeks after delivery

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