Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Census 2011
Dwelling questionnaire
According to the Act CXXXIX of 2009, a census must be executed in the territory of Hungary in October 2011. Under the Act, data supply is compulsory for everyone. The data collection is the duty of the local government under the professional supervision of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. We ask you to meet your obligation by filling in the questionnaires. Please answer the questions in the dwelling questionnaire first and then complete as many personal questionnaires as people live in the dwelling. Data should be supplied for the dwelling located on the pre-printed address and for the persons living at that dwelling.
The personal questionnaire must be completed
For persons who have a permanent home at this address but:
- Stay temporarily abroad and the full period of staying abroad is expected to be less than 12 months
Please provide data according to the reference date of zero o'clock on Saturday, October 1, 2001.
Questions regarding the dwelling should be answered by an adult person who lives in the dwelling, questions of the personal questionnaire should be answered as much as possible by the person the questionnaire concerns. Data about minors should be provided by the parent. In most cases, a question should be replied to by one answer. More than one answer can be marked if specified.
Questions can be answered by an X-mark (X) beside the responses or by writing a numeral or a text in the box.
Please write one number in one box, e.g. _1_9_7_6
Numbers must be adjusted to the right; months must always be indicated by Arabic numerals, e.g. _ 4
Text write must be written in the white rectangles, e.g. __________ Budapest, 13. ker.
An incorrect mark can be corrected by shading the X-mark. Incorrect numerals must be shaded, and the correct numerals must be written in the empty space near the shaded numerals. Please do not write in the boxes framed by dashed lines, these data are for processing purposes only.
Please complete the questionnaire with blue or black ball pen in a readable way.
Thank you for your cooperation and valuable answers!
Address of the dwelling:
Identifier _ _ _ _
Identification code_ _ _ _ -__ _ _
Is the pre-printed address correct?
[] No
Locality (town, village) ___________
Name of public space ___________
Character of the public place (street, road, square, etc.) ___________
____ House Number
____ Lot number
____ Building
____ Staircase
____ Ground floor, floor
____ Door
I. Dwelling data
1. What is the type of building?
[] 2 Residential building of 4 or more flats
[] 3 Holiday resort
[] 4 Not residential building (e.g. public institute, office building, factory building)
[Questions 2 through 23 were asked of all occupied private households, seasonal and non-residential housing unit]
2. What is the type of the housing unit?
[] Holiday home
[] Others (e.g. shop, caravan)
3. When was the dwelling built?
[] 2 1919-1945
[] 3 1946-1960
[] 4 1961-1970
[] 5 1971-1980
[] 6 1981-1990
[] 7 1991-2000
[] 8 2001-2005
[] 9 2006 or later
[] 10 Unknown
4. What were the walls of the dwelling made of?
[] 2 Middle or large block, cast concrete
[] 3 Panel
[] 4 Wood
[] 5 Adobe, mud, etc., with solid basement
[] 6 Adobe, mud, etc. without solid basement
[] 7 Others
[] 8 Unknown
5. How is the dwelling used?
[] Only seasonally or as a second home
[] For other purpose (e.g. office, doctor's office)
[] Vacant dwelling, no dwellers
6. Who is the owner of the dwelling?
[] Local government
[] Other institution, organization (e.g. company, enterprise, church)
7. Is there any...
A room is considered as a bedroom, a dining room, a living room.
Multi-purpose rooms must be divided by usage (e.g. American kitchen divides to kitchen and room).
Please mark a "no" answer!
[] No
[] No
[] No
[] No
[] No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
8. How much is the total floor space of the dwelling? _ _ _ square meters.
9. Is electricity installed in the dwelling?
[] No
10. Type of...
[] 2 From private pipeline (e.g.: from well by pump)
[] 3 No piped water in the dwelling
[] In another way (from a central or own electric or gas boiler, kitchen water heater)
[] No hot running water
11. Sewage disposal from dwelling
[] Into private sewer (closed reservoir, cesspit)
[] Into another place or there is no sewage disposal
12. Heating
[] One or more dwellings heated by boiler (central, circle)
[] District (block) heating [Go to question 14]
[] No heating [Go to question 14]
[Question 13 is asked of households that reported a separate source of heating or central heating]
13. Energy used for heating (you can mark up to two answers)
[] LPG gas (container)
[] LPG gas (bottle)
[] Wood
[] Coal
[] Electricity
[] Fuel oil
[] Alternative energy (e.g. solar energy, geothermal energy)
[] Other, specify ____
14. How many households do persons living in the dwelling belong to? People and their dependents who pay for meals and other daily expenses jointly, belong to one household
[] More, indicate number _ households
[] Nobody lives in the dwelling
II. Number of people living in this dwelling
(Each person must be considered once only)
From now on fill out as many personal questionnaires as there are people marked in the questions 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3
15.1. Number of people usually living at this address (who usually spend the night here, in the major part of the week, and go to school and work, etc., from here.)
[] No such persons
15.2 Number of persons living abroad temporarily: (whose permanent address is here but they are staying abroad temporarily and this period of time is expected to be less than 12 months)
[] 2 No such persons
15.3 Number of people periodically returning home:( this dwelling is their permanent home but because of studying, working etc., they are living e.g. in student hostel, workers' home, lodgings and return home only weekly, every second week, monthly)
[] 2 No such people
16. Number of people staying abroad for long (The dwelling is their permanent address but they are staying abroad and this period of time has already reached or expected to reach 12 months)
[] 1 Number of persons _ _
[] 2 No such people
Personal questionnaire
Identifier _ _ _ _ _ _ _to be copied from dwelling questionnaire.
Number of the persons in the dwellings_ _ _
I. Demography
[Questions 1 through 3 were asked of all persons]
1. Sex
[] Female
2. Date of birth:
Month_ _
Day_ _
3. Citizenship
[] 2 Hungarian and foreign, specify other: ____ (1)
[] 3 Foreign, specify____ (2)
[] 4 Displaced person
4. Data on the address provided on the dwelling questionnaire
4.1 The address is your
[] Place of stay (registered temporary address)
[] Unregistered address
4.2 Under what title do you live there?
[] Tenant the whole of the dwelling or relative of tenant
[] Tenant of a part of the dwelling
[] Others
4.3 How long have you lived there?
Year _ _ _ _
Month_ _
5. Where were you living before? _____
6. Where was your address when born?_____
7. Do you have an address in addition to the address provided on the dwelling questionnaire?
If yes where? (In case of more than one address write in all) [if no, go to question 9.1]
[] 2 Yes, (temporarily) address registered as a place of stay ____
[] 3 Yes, unregistered address____
[] 4 Yes, abroad____
Specify the locality (town, village) in Budapest or the district. In case of a foreign address, specify the current name of the country.
8. At what address of yours are you living?
[] 2 Place of stay (registered temporary address)
[] 3 Unregistered address
[] 4 Abroad
9.1. Have you ever been living abroad (outside the present area of Hungary) for at least one year?
[] 1 No [Go to question 10]
[] 2 Yes, the current name of the country_____
9.2. When did you return or actually move to Hungary?
Month _ _
10. What is your legal marital status?
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widow(er)
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Registered cohabiting partner
[] 6 Widowed registered cohabiting partner
[] 7 Divorced registered cohabiting partner
[For responses 5, 6 and 7], these answers can be marked only in case of same-sex cohabiting partners registered after July 1, 2009.
11. If you are married
[Questions 11.1 and 11.2 are asked of married persons]
11.1. Date of current marriage
Month_ _
11.2 Do you live with your spouse?
[] No
[Questions 12.1 and 12.2 are asked of persons in a cohabiting partnership]
12. Do you have a cohabiting partner?
Please provide data on the cohabiting partnership either registered or not
12.1 Yes, beginning of the cohabiting partnership
12.2 Do you live in the same dwelling as your cohabiting partner?
[] No
13. Number of household in the dwelling which you belong to (take into consideration your answer given to question 14 on the dwelling questionnaire)
[] One household lives in the dwelling
[] More than one household live in the dwelling, number of the household _
14. What role do you have in the family (household)? Mark one answer that you consider true for yourself
[] Cohabiting partner
[] Lone parent living together with his/her children (if the children do not live in couple relationship)
[] Child (including fostered and adopted children)
[] Ascendant (parent and grandparents living together with the family)
[] Other relative
[] Not relative
[] Living alone (no other persons belong to the household)
15. Number of children born alive
[] No children born alive [skip to question 17.1]
16. When were your children born?
Month_ _
Month_ _
Month_ _
Month_ _
Month_ _
Month_ _
II. Education attainment
Take into account studies and qualifications only in formal education.
17.1 Are you currently studying including infant nursery/kindergarten?
[] 2 Attend infant nursery [skip to question 21]
[] 3 Attend primary school [skip to question 21]
[] 4 Attend vocational school
[] 5 Attend secondary grammar school
[] 6 Attend secondary vocational school (including secondary vocational programs built on general certificate of education)
[] 7 Attend higher vocational programs
[] 8 Attend college- level or BA/BSc training
[] 9 Attend university- level or MA/MSc training or unified undivided training
[] 10 Attend college- or university level professional further training
[] 11 Attend PhD or DLA training
17.2 What is the form of education?
[] 2 Other
18. Write in the number of classes or grade that you completed in the following type of school or training
[] 1 Did not complete the first class primary (general) school [skip to question 21]
[] 2 Primary (general) school _ _ classes or grades
[] 3 Higher general school _ classes
[] 4 Apprentice school _classes or grade
[] 5 Vocational school _ classes or grade
[] 6 Secondary general school _ classes or grade
[] 7 Secondary school vocational school, technical school etc. _ classes or grade
[] 8 Vocational programs built on general certificate of education _ years
[] 9 Higher vocation programs _ years
[] 10 College or BA/BSc training _ years
[] 11 University or MA/MSc training or unified training _ years
[] 12 College or university level professional further training _ years
[] 13 PhD or DLA training _ years
[Question were of all persons]
19. What is your highest completed level of education?
[] 2 Eight grade in primary (general, higher general) school [Skip to question 21]
[] 3 Certificate of apprentice school education
[] 4 Certificate of vocational school education
[] 5 General certificate of education without qualifications
[] 6 General certificate of education with qualifications school- leaving certificate
[] 7 Certificate of vocational programs built on general certificate of education
[] 8 Certificated of higher (also accredited) vocational programs (granted only after 1998)
[] 9 College (or equivalent e.g. BA/BSc) diploma
[] 10 University (or equivalent e.g. MA/MSc) diploma
[] 11 PhD or DLA degree
20. Highest completed level of education
In case of more than one qualification of the same level give answers to questions 20.1- 20.3 with reference to the first qualification.
20.1 Year of completion(first qualification)_ _ _ _
20.2 Form of education (first qualification)
[] Other
20.3 Occupation(first qualification)____
Do you have another completed level of education of the same level?
[] Yes, data on the qualification
[Give answers to questions 20.4 with reference to your qualification more closely related to your occupation or work. If you have already provided that under questions 20.1-20.3, then write in the data on the qualification you consider the most important besides that]
20.4 Year of completion_ _ _ _
20.5 Form of education
[] Other
20.6. Occupation_____
20.7 Further completed levels of education of the same level
[] Yes, namely____ (number)
III. Command of language
21. What languages do you speak? In what language can you understand others and make yourself be understood?
Other____
Other ____
Other ____
IV. Occupation, workplace and transport
22. Mark which of the following groups you belong to.
[] 1 Working (employee, entrepreneur, helping family member, casual worker, primary producer, member of a cooperative
[] 2 Jobless, job seeker
[] 3 Old age pension and retirement provision recipient on own right
[] 4 Disability pensioner and accident annuity beneficiary on own right, survivors (widows/widowers, parent), pension and retirement provision recipient)
[] 5 Child care benefit (child care allowance, child care fee, child care support) recipient
[] 6 Nursing allowance recipient
[] 7 Child attending infant nursery or kindergarten, student, student of a tertiary education institution
[] 8 0-15 years old child not attending infant nursery, kindergarten or school living on own assert or on real estate leasing
[] 9 Housewife
[] 10 Social support recipient
[] 11 Other, specify____
If you are younger than 15 i.e. born after 30th September 1996, skip to question 31.
23. Did you work on the week preceding the population census (between, 24th and 30th Sept 2011)?
[] 2 You did not work because you were on leave (including maternity leave) or were temporarily absent from work because of sick pay etc. [skip to question 27]
[] 3 You did not work for other reasons (e.g. you did not have a job, you were a pensioner, you were a student, received child care allowance or child care fee)
24. Have you actively looked for work during the previous four weeks?
[] 2 No [skip to question 26]
25. If you could find a job, could you start it within two weeks?
[] 2 No
26. When did you last work?
Month _ _
[] You have never worked [skip to question 31]
27. Your (present or last) occupation: ____
28. What is (was) your status in employment?
[] 2 Sole proprietor, self-employed
[] 3 Working member of a company
[] 4 Working member of a co-operative
[] 5 Causal employee (working by special commission contract, casual workers, day workers)
[] 6 Employed in public works (doing work for public benefit, public purposes etc., employed in public employment)
[] 7 Helping family member
If you do not have a job or a workplace at present, and do not look for work either, skip to question 31.
29. Do you have employees?
[] 1-2 person(s)
[] 3-9 person(s)
[] 10-19 person(s)
[] 20 or more person(s)
30. Name the typical activity of your employer or enterprise or description of the activity of your employer or enterprise (current or last employer): ________
31. Where, in which locality are your workplace/ place of study including infant nursery/ kindergarten?
[] In your dwelling or home (at the address provided on the dwelling questionnaire) [skip to 43]
[] In the same locality or district of Budapest as where your dwelling or home can be found (at the address provided on the dwelling questionnaire)
[] In another locality, another district of Budapest, abroad, namely: _____
[] In different localities (you cannot state a particular locality or a particular district of Budapest____
32. How do you travel from your actual residence to work/ place of study/kindergarten/infant nursery?
[] 1 On foot
[] 2 By local bus, tram, trolleybus, metro or underground
[] 3 By long- distance bus
[] 4 By train or suburban rail
[] 5 By car
[] 6 By motorcycle
[] 7 By bicycle
[] 8 In another way
33. How many minutes does the journey to work/school/kindergarten/infant nursery usually take? _ _ _
Answering the following questions is not compulsory
V. Nationality, used language, religion
34. Which of these nationalities do you think you belong to?
[] 2 Bulgarian
[] 3 Gipsy (Roma)
[] 4 Greek
[] 5 Croatian
[] 6 Polish
[] 7 German
[] 8 Armenian
[] 9 Romanian
[] 10 Ruthenian
[] 11 Serbian
[] 12 Slovakian
[] 13 Slovenian
[] 14 Ukrainian
[] 15 Arabian
[] 16 Chinese
[] 17 Russian
[] 18 Vietnamese
[] 19 Other, specify____
[] 20 Do not wish to answer
35. Do you think you belong to another nationality in addition to what you marked above?
[] 2 Hungarian
[] 3 Bulgarian
[] 4 Gipsy (Roma)
[] 5 Greek
[] 6 Croatian
[] 7 Polish
[] 9 German
[] 9 Armenian
[] 10 Romanian
[] 11 Ruthenian
[] 12 Serbian
[] 13 Slovakian
[] 14 Slovenian
[] 15 Ukrainian
[] 16 Arabian
[] 17 Chinese
[] 18 Russian
[] 19 Vietnamese
[] 20 Other, specify____
[] 21 Do not wish to answer
36. What is your mother tongue? (Please mark two answers maximum)
[] 2 Bulgarian
[] 3 Gipsy (Roma)
[] 4 Greek
[] 5 Croatian
[] 6 Polish
[] 7 German
[] 8 Armenian
[] 9 Romanian
[] 10 Ruthenian
[] 11 Serbian
[] 12 Slovakian
[] 13 Slovenian
[] 14 Ukrainian
[] 15 Arabian
[] 16 Chinese
[] 17 Russian
[] 18 Vietnamese
[] 19 Other, namely____
[] 20 Do not wish to answer
38. Which religious community or denomination do you think you belong to?
[] Do not belong to a religious community or denomination
[] Atheist
[] Do not wish to answer
VI. Long-lasting diseases, deficiencies
39. Do you have long-lasting disease or disability?
[] 2 Have both long lasting diseases and disabilities
[] 3 Have disabilities
[] 4 Have long-lasting diseases (e.g. hypertension, diabetes mellitus) [skip to question 42]
[] 5 Do not wish to answer
40. What disabilities do you have? (Please mark three answers maximum)
[] 2 Autism
[] 3 Mental disability
[] 4 Mental injury (psychic injury)
[] 5 Speech handicap
[] 6 Speech deficiency
[] 7 Hard of seeing
[] 8 Blind
[] 9 Hard of hearing
[] 10 Deaf
[] 11 Deaf and blind (slight and hearing deficiency)
[] 12 Serious disability of internal organs
[] 13 Others, speficy _____
[] 14 Do not wish to answer
41. When did your disability arise? (If you have more than on disability, take into consideration the earliest)
[] 2 Before school age
[] 3 At school age but before 18 years of age
[] 4 After 18 years of age but before 60
[] 5 After 60 years of age
[] 6 Do not know
[] 7 Do not wish to answer
42. In what areas do you have difficulties: (Please mark three answers maximum per line)
[] Everyday life (e.g. doing the shopping)
[] Learning, working at a job
[] Family life
[] Transport
[] Communication access to information
[] Community life
[] Have no difficulties
[] Do not wish to answer
[] Everyday life (e.g. doing the shopping)
[] Learning, working at a job
[] Family life
[] Transport
[] Communication access to information
[] Community life
[] Have no difficulties
[] Do not wish to answer