Hungarian Central Statistical Office
[1990] Population Census
The data supply is obligatory on basis of the decree of legal force No. 22 of 1988. The data may be used only for statistical purpose.F
[Note: Questions 1-10 belong to the full-scope program, while questions 11-21 to the 20 percent representative sample program only.]
____ District
____ Street, road, squares
____ Street number
____ Building
____ Staircase
____ Ground-floor, floor
____ Door
Enumeration district _ _ _ _ _
Serial number of the building _ _
Character of the building _ _
Serial number of the dwelling _ _
1. The data of the persons living in the dwelling
Instructions for this set of questions are given below.]
Serial number of the household: ____
The person's serial number [pre-filled, number 1-8].
The person's surname and name: ____
[] 2 Wife
[] 3 Partner-in-life
[] 4 Mother or father living alone with her/his child
[] 5 Child
[] 6 Ascendant
[] 7 Other relative
[] 8 Non-relative
[] 9 Person living alone
[] Tenant
[] Joint tenant
[] Cotenant
[] Subtenant
[] Bed tenant
[] Without tenure
[] The use of the tenure is authorized as a favor
[] The connected relationship, e.g. owner's child, brother/sister of tenant
Enter the persons in the table by households, within them grouped by families, following the order of the possibilities of reply of graph "family status". The persons belonging to a common household should get the same serial number of household (first household = 1, second household = 2, etc.). To a common household belong such persons living together who bear jointly the costs of living (e.g. meal, daily expenses).
The subtenants and bed-tenants as well as the cotenants (with their family members) always belong to a separate household.
[The following three lists provide information from a table on the census form. The table indicates the appropriate response to the family status question corresponding to various family arrangements. In the list below, the family-status responses are show at the end of each line, after the colon.]
A family is formed by:
a partner-in-life relation with or without children: partner-in-life, child
a mother or father with children (without a spouse, partner in life): mother or father living alone with her/his child, child
except those enumerated every relative (e.g. brother/sister, grandchild): other relative
persons being in no relation to the members of the family (e.g. child under state care, person with a contract relating to support for life): non-relative
in all other cases: non-relative
if the household consists of one person: person living alone
[] 2 In a block of freehold flats or privately owned flat
[] 3 Flat of housing co-operative
[] 5 Tenement-dwelling of an enterprise, official residence
[] 6 In the ownership of a production, service or produce disposal co-operative
[] 7 In other ownership (e.g. of the Church, of a foreign legal entity)
3. When was the dwelling built?
[] 1 Between 1900 and 1919
[] 2 Between 1920 and 1944
[] 3 Between 1945 and 1959
[] 4 Between 1960 and 1969
[] 5 Between 1970 and 1979
[] 6 Between 1980 and 1984
[] 7 Between 1985 and 1987
[] 8 In 1988
[] 9 In 1989
4. The water supply of the dwelling
[] 2 Piped water from the well in the court-yard is in the dwelling
[] 3 Piped water from water works is only in the court-yard
[] 4 You use the water of the well in the court-yard
[] 5 From another place (e.g. from the well outside the plot, from a spring); specify ____
5. Is there hot running water in the dwelling?
[] 1 Yes; from a long-distance pipe-line
[] 2 Yes; from a central boiler
[] 3 Yes; from a gas boiler
[] 4 Yes; from an electric boiler
[] 5 Yes; from a bathroom stove
[] In another way; specify it ____
[] 1 Yes, inside the dwelling
[] 2 Yes, but outside the dwelling
7. Is there a sewage disposal from the dwelling?
[] 1 Yes; in a public sewer
[] 2 Yes; through a house sewer into a closed sewage reservoir
[] 3 Yes; into desiccators (cesspool)
[] 4 Yes; to another place
8. Do you use gas in the dwelling?
[] 1 Yes; piped gas
[] 2 Yes; bottle (propane-butane) gas
9. How do you heat the dwelling?
[] 2 With individual central boiler heating several dwellings
[] 3 Central heating (separate central heating for one flat) for one dwelling or family house
[] 4 Premises heating (with gas convector, stove, oil-stove, water-heating stove, oil- radiator, heat-radiator etc.)
[] 0 There is no possibility for heating
____ Rooms over 12 square meters
____ Rooms over 6 square meters, but maximum 12 square meters
____ Rooms 4-6 square meters
____ Kitchen (4 square meters and larger)
____ Kitchenette, cupboard for cooking (under 4 square meters)
____ Summer kitchen
____ Bathroom, shower-room, wash-basin alcove
11. Detailed data of places [living space and number of rooms]
_ _ Second room
_ _ Third room
_ _ Fourth room
_ _ Fifth room
_ _ Sixth and further rooms together
____ Vestibule (entrance, corridor)
____ Pantry
____ Hall (without window)
____ Wardrobe room
____ Balcony, loggia, terrace
____ Other: specify ____
____ Cellar, garret, closet together
____ Garage, motor car storage room
[] 2 Occupied other housing unit (e.g. shop, laundry, hut, hovel, house on wheels)
13. Outer walling of the dwelling (its largest part):
[] 2 Medium or large sized block, cast concrete
[] 3 Panel
[] 4 Adobe, clay, stamped earth
[] 5 Wood
[] 0 No
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 With electric current
[] 3 With gas
[] 4 With fuel oil, mazout
[] 5 With coal (coke, lignite, turf etc.)
[] 6 With wood (brushwood, sawdust etc.)
[] With other fuel; specify ____
[] 0 There is no possibility to heat
15 Is there a telephone in the dwelling?
[] 1 Yes
16. Was a reconstruction, modernization carried out in the dwelling in 1980 or later?
[] Yes [indicate which rooms were built]:
[] Room(s)
[] Bathroom(s) (shower-bath)
[] Flush-toilet(s)
[] Other premises
[] Yes [indicate which rooms were developed]
[] Room(s)
[] Bathroom(s) (shower-bath)
[] Flush-toilet(s)
[] Other premises
[] 1 Yes: water conduit of water works
[] 2 Home water conduit
[] 1 Yes: public sewer
[] 2 Home sewer
[] 1 Yes
[] 1 Yes
[] 1 Yes
17. Was an upkeep or renovation carried out in the dwelling in 1985 or later?
[] 1 Yes; painting, wall-papering
[] 2 Yes; painting of doors, windows
[] 3 Yes; renewal of floor-covering
[] 4 Yes; renewal of wall covering, covering of wall (covering with tiles)
[] 5 Yes; renewal of the fittings of the dwelling
[] 6 Yes; renewal of electric cables
[] Yes; other renovation, specify it: ____
18. How did the family get this dwelling?
[] 2 It was bought
[] 3 Flat of the National Savings Bank or co-operative flat allocated by the local council
[] 4 Tenement dwelling of the local council, allocation of official residence
[] 5 Exchange of dwellings
[] 6 It was inherited or assigned
[] 7 You have no separate dwelling: you live with the parents, relatives
[] 8 You rent a complete flat from a private person
[] 9 You are subtenant or you entered into a contract relating to support for life
[] Other, specify it ____
19. Do you find satisfactory the present housing conditions of the family?
[] 0 Yes
[] 1 No, because it has few rooms or its floor-space is small
[] 2 No, because the floor-space is large
[] 3 No, because it is badly designed
[] 4 No, because its comfort is not satisfactory
[] 5 No, because the costs of its maintenance are high
[] 6 No, because the environment of the dwelling is noisy
[] 7 No, because the air of the environment is vitiated
[] 8 No, because the environment of the dwelling is not satisfactory in another respect
[] 9 No, because you have no separate dwelling
20. In the opinion of the dwellers the dwelling is
[] 2 Wet and light
[] 3 Dry and dark
[] 4 Wet and dark
21. In case of vacant dwelling:
Since when has it been vacant? 19 _ _
Why is it vacant?
[] 2 The dwellers moved off, it has No new dweller
[] 3 It is a new dwelling which is not yet occupied
[] other; specify it ____
1. The place of the census:
____ District
____ Street, road, squares
____ Street Number
____ Building
____ Staircase
____ Ground-floor, floor
____ Door
Type of registration:
[] 2 Temporary
_ _ _ _ Enumeration district
_ _ _ Serial number of the list
_ _ Serial number of the dwelling
_ _ Serial number of the person
3.Maiden name: ____
5. Birth date:
____ Month
____ Year
6. Marital status:
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] There is:
____ District
____ Street, road, squares
____ Street number
____ Building
____ Staircase
____ Ground-floor, floor
____ Door
8. Year of first marriage:
[] 90 Never married
9. Number of live-born children _ _
10. Nationality:
[] 2 Slovakian
[] 3 Romanian
[] 4 Croatian
[] 5 Serbian
[] 6 Slovenian
[] 7 German
[] 8 Gipsy
[] Other, specify: ____
11. Mother tongue:
[] 02 Slovakian
[] 03 Romanian
[] 04 Croatian
[] 05 Serbian
[] 06 Slovenian
[] 07 German
[] 08 Gipsy
[] Other, specify it: ____
12. Do you speak any other language besides your mother tongue?
[] Yes, specify: ____
13. Education level:
[] Attended no school
[] Form(s) of primary (elementary) school [specify number of forms]: ____
[] Form(s) of higher elementary school [specify number of forms]: ____
[] Certificate of skilled worker got at the day section of an apprentice school in the year 19 _ _
[] Certificate at the day section of a vocational school in the year 19 _ _
[] Secondary school leaving certificate, certificate of qualification
[] Certificate of higher school of non-university level
[] University certificate, diploma
14. Do you work, are you economically active?
[] Yes
[] No, because:
[] 21 You get a child care allowance
[] 30 You are an old-age pensioner by own right
[] 31 You are a disability pensioner by own right
[] 32 You are a disability or other rentier by own right
[] 33 You are a pensioner, rentier by widow's right
[] 40 You want to get a job the first time
[] 50 You are unemployed looking for a job
[] 60 You are a child attending a crèche
[] 61 You are a child attending a kindergarten
[] 70 You are a pupil of primary school
[] 71 You are an apprentice
[] 72 You are a pupil of secondary vocational school
[] 73 You are a pupil of secondary school
[] 74 You are a student of college, university
[] 80 Other dependent
[] You don't belong to the above groups; Specify: _____
If to question 14 you answered "yes" or you get a child care fee, child care allowance, please, answer the following questions, too.
If to question 14 you answered "no" (except those getting a child care fee, child care allowance) you need not answer questions 15-19.
[Questions 15-19 were asked of persons who are economically active, work or get a child care fee or child care allowance, per question 14]
15. Scope of work (occupation): _____
16. Occupational status:
[] 2 Member of co-operative
[] 3 Own-account worker, person of liberal profession -- family helper
17. Staff group, post:
[] 2 Semi-skilled worker
[] 3 Unskilled worker
[] 8 Subordinate professional (specialized employee)
[] 9 Subordinate office worker
19. Working place:
b) It's location and from where do you go there every day?
_____ District
[] 2 From your temporary residence
20. The place of residence of your mother at your birth:
____ District
21. Your permanent residence on 1 January 1980:
[] It was not the same as at present, specify it
____ District
22. When and from where did you move to your present permanent dwelling?
[] [Moved] in the year 19 _ _
____ Town/commune
____ District
23. If you are temporarily registered in a dwelling, when and for what purpose were you registered there?
a) When? In the year 19 _ _
b) For what purpose?
[] 2 Learning
[] 3 Medical treatment
[] 4 Sick-nursing
[] 5 Recreation
[] 6 Marriage
[] 7 Divorce
[] 8 Further family reason
[] Other, specify it: ____
24. School course certificates, diplomas, special examinations:
____ Name of the organ which issued it (school, institution, faculty etc.)
____ The completion of which profession, branch (division, group) does it certify?
____ What qualification does it give?
____ Year of issue [in this format: 19 _ _ ]
25. Do you at present attend an evening or correspondence school?
[] Yes. If so, [specify if it's]
[] 2 An apprentice school
[] 3 A school of shorthand-typing
[] 4 A sanitary vocational school
[] 5 A grammar school
[] 6 A vocational secondary school
[] 7 A college
[] 8 A university
Questions 26-32 must be filled in only concerning the economically active persons
[Questions 26-32 were asked of economically active persons, per question 14]
26. Character of occupation
[] 2 Part-time worker
[] 3 Outworker
27. In general how do you go to your working place?
[] 2 By tramway, trolleybus, metro, local bus
[] 3 By district railways, fast railway line
[] 4 By long-distance bus
[] 5 By bus of the enterprise
[] 6 By train
[] 7 By car
[] 8 By motorcycle, bicycle
[] 9 In another way
[] 0 In no way
28. In general, how long does it take you to go from your dwelling to your working place and back daily (minutes)? _ _
29. Do you commute between the place of your residence and your working place?
[] 1 Yes, daily and also from time to time
[] 2 Yes, every day
[] 3 Yes, from time to time
If you commute:
a) The start of daily commuting: in the year 19 _ _
b) The cause of commuting:
[] 2 You didn't find a job corresponding to your qualification in the place of your residence
[] 3 A job meeting your financial demands
[] 4 A job corresponding to your physical faculties
[] 5 A job ensuring a further development, the continuation of studies
[] 6 You can't get a dwelling in the settlement of your working place
[] 7 You cling to the place of your residence
[] 8 You follow the manner of life of your environment
[] Other, specify it; ____
d) The frequency of commuting from time to time:
[] 2 Every two-three weeks
[] 3 Every month
[] 4 Less frequently
30. Besides your main occupation, did you display a complementary gainful activity in 1989?
[] Yes
[] 2 Regularly in a greater part of the year
[] 3 Regularly in a smaller part of the year
[] 4 When occasion offered often
[] 5 When occasion offered seldom
[] 2 In a specialized group of state farm co-operative
[] 3 In an economic team established by private persons or in another collective undertaking
[] 4 Secondary employment, subsidiary occupation in an enterprise, co-operative, institution
[] 5 With an occasional commission
[] 6 With an own-account worker
[] 7 As an own-account worker, with a license to work
[] 8 On a household- complementary farm plot
[] Other, specify: ____
31. [First gainful occupation]
b) [What was] your first gainful occupation: _____
c) Your staff group, post of that time:
[] 2 Semi-skilled worker
[] 3 Unskilled worker
[] 8 Subordinate administrator (specialized employee)
[] 9 Subordinate management worker
32. [Occupation on January 1, 1980]
a) Your occupation of that time: ____
b) Your staff group, post of that time:
[] 2 Semi-skilled worker
[] 3 Unskilled worker
[] 8 Subordinate administrator (specialized employee)
[] 9 Subordinate management worker
[Questions 33-35 were asked of persons who are dependents]
33. If you are dependent, do you live in the same dwelling as your supporter?
[] No; your supporter:
[] 3 Gets a child care fee
[] 4 Gets a child care allowance
[] 5 Is a pensioner
[] 6 Is unemployed looking for a job
[] 7 Is a public body
[] 8 Other
34. Educational attainment of your supporter living in another dwelling and of the deceased spouse (relative) of the pensioner, rentier by widow's right, respectively:
[] 2 Secondary school-leaving certificate, certificate of qualification
[] 3 Certificate of higher school of non-university level
[] 4 University certificate, diploma
35. During the economic activity of the supporter who is a pensioner, rentier, unemployed looking for a job and living in another dwelling, respectively, what was his/her last
b) Occupational status
[] 2 Member of co-operative
Own-account worker, of liberal profession -- family helper
[] 2 Semi-skilled worker
[] 3 Unskilled worker
[] 8 Subordinate professional (specialized employee)
[] 9 Subordinate office worker
36. While getting a pension or rent, did you work in 1989?
[] Yes. If so [answer the following]:
[] 2 With occasional commission
[] 3 As an own-account worker, with a license to work
[] 4 On a household- complementary farm plot
[] Other, specify: ____
d) In case of employment, co-operative membership
37. Have you any physical, mental deficiency or deficiency of the sense organs?
[] Yes.
If [yes, answer the following]:
a) [Disability] of what kind:
[] 20. Defective in motion
[] 30. Mentally defective (30)
[] 41. Hard of hearing
[] 42. Deaf
[] 43. Of defective speech
[] 44. Dumb
[] 45. Deaf and dumb
[] 46. Defective eyesight
[] 47. Blind in one eye
[] 48. Blind
[] Other, specify: ____
[] Yes. If so, [specify]:
[] 2 Auxiliary school
[] 3 Primary school for blind persons
[] 4 Primary school for deaf persons
[] 5 Primary school improving motion
[] 2 Accident
[] Other, specify it: ________
[] At the age of, years: _ _
[] Yes. If so, [specify] what kind of work can (could) you do:
[] 2 Only Non-manual
[] 3 Both
[] 4 None of them
[] Yes. If so, characterize your working place:
[] 2 Working place of social character
[] 3 Specialized enterprise
[] 4 Other working place
[Questions 38-42 were asked of females born in 1975 or earlier]
[] Never married
Second: 19 _ _
Third (last): 19 _ _
Second: 19 _ _
Third (last): 19 _ _
2. Divorce
40. If you are married at present, do you live together with your spouse?
[] No, since the year 19 _ _
41. Do you live together with a life partner?
[] Yes, with your present life partner since the year 19 _ _
[] 2 Female
Does he/she live together with his/her mother?
[] 2 No -- moved out
[] 3 Deceased
Notes: ________
Instruction for filling in the Housing and Personal questionnaire
The following instructions deal only with questions necessitating -- in our opinion -- some supplementary explanation. In case of any problem concerning the filling-in of the questionnaires or of any question, please do not hesitate to contact your census interviewer.
Question 1/e (last column of the table).
Question 12.
Questions 18 and 19 should be answered by the first and -- if any -- the second family living in the dwelling.
- A certificate obtained upon the conclusion of full-time studies in an apprentice school,
- A certificate obtained upon the conclusion of full-time studies in a vocational school,
- The secondary school final exam certificate obtained in a grammar school or other secondary school; furthermore, the secondary school leaving certificates which were issued between 1974 and 1986,
- A diploma or certificate obtained at a university, college or other third-level educational institution.
Certificates obtained in the Marxism-Leninism evening school can only be accepted in cases when the certificate is about specialization (equivalent to the diploma of non-university third-level education) and issued between 1958-1982.
[The original document provided to the IPUMS-International project was incomplete and ends here.]