Republic of Iraq
Board of Ministers
Planning Commission
Central Statistical Organization
1997 Population Census Questionnaire
1. Governorate ____
2. Qadah ____
3. Nahiya ____
4. Environment
[] 2 Rural
5. District name or mahalla name ____
6. Village name ____
7. Zone number ____
8. Street number ____
9. House census number ____
10. Household series number in zone ____
11. Number of households in the residential unit ____
12. Number of bedrooms ____
Mark with an [x] the correct answer.
13. Ownership of the residential unit
Private sector
[] 2 Rent
[] 3 Other
Government sector
[] 5 Other
[] 2 One room
[] 3 Two rooms
[] 4 Three rooms and more
Fill for each household living alone in the residential unit, if occupied by more than one household, only one of the households should respond.
[] 2 Flat
[] 3 Hut
[] 4 Tent
[] 5 Caravan
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Stone
[] 3 Blocks
[] 4 Concrete blocks
[] 5 Mud
[] 6 Other
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 Public tap
[] 3 Well
[] 4 River or waterwheel
[] 5 Other
[] 2 Septic tank
[] 3 Other
[] 2 Hostels (for students)
[] 3 Social care unit
[] 4 Medical establishment
[] 5 Mosques or churches
[] 6 Prisons, police stations
[] 7 Residential units (living with non-relatives and hence not a part of the household)
[] 8 Others
Name of the establishment ____
[Questions 28-75 were to record for each person in a household.]
30. Father's name ____
31. Grandfather's name ____
32. Family name (surname)____
33. Mother's name and her father's name ____
[] 2 Visitor present
[] 3 Absent (inside the country)
[] 4 Absent (outside the country)
[] 5 Prisoner
[] 6 Lost
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Son or daughter
[] 4 Daughter/son-in-law
[] 5 Grandson/granddaughter
[] 6 Parent
[] 7 Brother/sister
[] 8 Rest of relatives
[] 9 Not related
Month ____
Year ____
[Applies to questions 38-45]
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Widowed
[Applies to questions 39-40]
41. Number of wives legally under his protection ____
For married, divorced and widowed women
[] One year and more
Number of years ____
Female ____
Female ____
Female ____
[Applies to questions 46-52]
[] 2 Unemployed seeking work
[] 3 Housewife with part-time work
[] 4 Full-time student
[] 5 Housewife
[] 6 Pensioner
[] 7 Have income but not working
[] 8 Others
[] 2 Own-account worker
[] 3 Employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 2 Mixed
[] 3 Cooperative
[] 4 Private
[] 5 Arabic
[] 6 Foreigner
[] 2 Part-time
[] 2 Retirement (all kinds of pension)
[] 3 Scholarship
[] 4 Assistance
[] 5 Investment
[] 6 By the help of others
[] 7 By the help of social care
[] 2 The mother is dead
[] 3 The parents are dead
[] 4 The parents are alive
[] 2 In another governorate ____
[] 3 Abroad ____
[] 2 Less than a year
[] 3 One year or more ____
Previous place of residence:
[] 2 Abroad ____
[] 2 Rural
[] 2 Transfer of posting
[] 3 Appointment
[] 4 War
[] 5 Marriage or divorce or windowed
[] 6 Study or finishing studies
[] 7 Accompanying family
[] 8 To get a better living
[] 9 Other
[Applies to questions 59-61]
[] 2 In other governorate ____
[] 3 Abroad ____
[] 2 Rural
[] Arabic or foreigner
(Give the nationality) ____
[Applies to questions 62-64]
[] 2 Intermediate and secondary
[] 3 Vocational
[] 4 Institutes
[] 5 College
[] 6 High diploma
[] 7 M.SC
[] 8 Ph.D.
[] 9 Highest degree acquired
[] 10 Others
[] 2 Reading only
[] 3 Illiterate
[] 2 Intermediate
[] 3 Secondary
[] 4 Vocational
[] 5 Diploma
[] 6 B.A. or B.SCB
[] 7 Higher diploma
[] 8 M.A. or MSC
[] 9 Ph.D.
[] Higher degree acquired
[] Others
[] 2 Dumb
[] 3 No hearing and dumb
[] 4 Lost one eye
[] 5 Lost both eyes
[] 6 Lost one leg
[] 7 Lost both legs
[] 8 Lost one hand
[] 9 Lost both hands
[] 10 Insane
[] 11 Paralysis
[] 12 Others ____
[] 2 War
[] 3 Traffic accident
[] 4 Work
[] 5 Illness
[] 6 Many reasons
[] 7 Others____
Information about private certificates
73. Name of office ____
74. Number of register book ____
75. Number of page ____