Unity-Discipline-Work

National Institute of Statistics
Telephone: 21 05 38 / 21 42 04 Fax 21 44 01
Abidjan, August 1998

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Preface
The 1998 Côte d'Ivoire General Census of Population and Housing (RGPH-98) is the third statistical operation of its kind, following the 1975 General Census of Population (RGP-75) and the 1988 General Census of Population and Housing (RGPH-88), which the National Institute of Statistics (INS) will organize. This is one of the largest statistical operations. It consists of counting and collecting information about the characteristics of all people living in Côte d'Ivoire in November 1998.

You have been selected, trained, and hired to participate in the RGPH-98 as a Census Taker or Team Leader, depending on your position. As a Census Taker, you are directly responsible for counting and gathering information from households. As a Team Leader, you are responsible for the organization and technical oversight of the field work done by, on average, five Census Takers under your supervision. Your duty is to ensure the smooth progress of census operations, especially regarding the work of Census Takers who must correctly carry out their tasks with the populations living in your census tract, without omission or duplication. You can clearly see the importance of your role as a Census Taker or Team Leader in the success of this vital operation for the Government.

The Census Taker's Manual has been designed for you to help you do your job effectively. This simple, practical guide is a useful complement to the technical training you have received. Useful instructions are provided in this manual in the order of the variables being investigated; for each variable, you will find the questions that you must ask and the correct way to record the answers in the appropriate section of the household questionnaire. Difficult cases and sensitive questions are explained as much as possible, so that the manner in which the questions are asked and the answers provided in the household questionnaire are consistent with the reality of the situation.

This manual is therefore a valuable professional guide for you. You should consult it whenever necessary, as it is the only reference document available to you throughout the field data collection period. However, in the event of major difficulties, it is recommended that you detail the issue in your workbook and inform your supervisor (Team Leader or Controller, depending on your situation), who will help you find the appropriate solution.

Do your best and keep up the good work
The Director General of the INS
Guessan Bi Kouassi

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Chapter I - General information about RGPH-98
During the count, as a census taker, you will be asked to answer certain questions posed by the populations being counted, in order to provide them with more details about the operation and thus earn their trust. That's why you need to have accurate and clear information about all aspects of the Census and develop a strong command of that information.

1.1- What is the general census of population and housing?
The General Census of Population and Housing is a statistical operation that aims to count the population and collect information on the individual characteristics of each person living in the national territory at a given point in time. The General Census of Population and Housing is therefore not only an operation to count the inhabitants of a country; it is also, primarily, an operation to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics (sex, age, place of birth, marital status, nationality, religion, etc.) and socioeconomic factors (literacy, educational attainment, individual situation with regard to participation in the workforce, occupation, industry sector, etc.) in the population.

At the same time, it collects data on certain characteristics of homes (type of housing, lighting method, means of water supply, type of toilet facilities, mode of household waste disposal, mode of waste water disposal, number of rooms occupied for sleeping, etc.), in both rural and urban settings.

1.2- Why take a general census of population and housing?
Since 1993, Côte d'Ivoire, which legitimately strives to become the "Elephant of Africa," has been undergoing a period of great political, economic, and social restructuring, during which time interest in population issues has grown. This has resulted, notably, in the adoption of a National Population Policy to accelerate the improvement of the living environment and living conditions of the greatest number of our citizens.

Indeed, within the specific framework of the new three-year program of economic reforms (1997-2000), action plans to combat poverty and develop human resources include:

In order to formulate, implement, and properly evaluate development programs, it is clearly necessary to have up-to-date and varied statistical data to establish an accurate diagnosis of the baseline situation. Since independence, Côte d'Ivoire has carried out a series of statistical operations, censuses and demographic surveys, to better understand the characteristics of its population: number, breakdown by age and sex, geographic distribution, population growth rate, mortality, fertility, migration, economic activity, etc.

The first estimates of the population of Côte d'Ivoire, established in 1920, put the total population at 1,540,000; in 1955, these estimates rose to 2,540,000 inhabitants. It was not until 1975 that Côte d'Ivoire issued population numbers based on its first population census: 6,709,600 inhabitants. The second census, held in 1988, gave a population of 10,815,694 inhabitants. As you can see, demographic and social data change rapidly over time, constantly changing the nature and scale of the social, political, and economic problems to be solved.

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How many people live in Côte d'Ivoire today?
This question cannot be answered correctly until the General Census of Population and Housing is carried out.

1.3- Legal basis
In view of the foregoing, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire duly issued Decree No. 86-389 of June 9, 1986, establishing the organization, every ten years, over the entire national territory, of a general census of population and housing. Given that the last general census of population and housing took place in March 1988, it goes without saying that this year every effort should be made to plan for the next census in 1998. In fact, under the terms of Confirmation No. 857/CZ of June 18, 1997, issued by the Secretariat General of the Government, and of Decree No. 97 - 683 of December 3, 1997, a general census of population and housing will be prepared for November 1998. In order to carry out this operation, Decree 97-683 established four bodies:

- The Inter-ministerial Supervisory Board for the Census of Population and Housing

- The National Census Committee

c) - The Census Steering and Monitoring Committee

d) - The Permanent Technical Office of the Census (PTOC)

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1.4- Census taking staff
The field staff responsible for counting the population consists of supervisors, controllers, team leaders, and census takers.

1.5- Division of the national territory
Côte d'Ivoire is divided into 16 administrative regions, each region being composed of several departments, further divided into sub-prefectures and/or communes.

For purposes of, first, the rational organization of field data collection teams and, second, ensuring compliance with the technical requirements of the RGPH-98, namely, the exhaustiveness and the simultaneous nature of the count itself, the national territory is divided into very small territorial units, which are juxtaposed in such a way as to cover the precise area of the various administrative districts in question (sub-prefectures, communes, departments, regions, and Côte d'Ivoire as a whole). These territorial units, which are homogeneous in terms of the workload required to complete the population counts within the prescribed time frame, are called Census Districts (CDs). Each sub-prefecture or commune is thus subdivided into Census Districts. The CD is therefore a portion of the national territory entrusted to a Census Taker who must, within a period of no more than three weeks, identify all the households living there. It is the work area of a Census Taker.

The Census District is a carefully demarcated portion of the territory of the sub-prefecture or commune, composed of one or more blocks, villages, or camps, in which all the households of which you must take a census reside. On average, a Census District includes between 1,000 and 1,200 people. The borders of a CD often follow natural obstacles or elements of infrastructure (waterways, mountains, railways, etc.) or the boundaries of administrative districts.
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In towns and core villages, the CD boundary actually passes through the middle of a roadway. The CD consists of the following:

The CD file provides all the information about its composition and key characteristics.

1.6- Data collection method
The data collection method used in the general census of population and housing consists of direct interviews of the populations at their homes, in their regular household. In accordance with all the instructions that will be given to you for this purpose, this entails:

The success of the general census of population and housing largely depends on the way you will conduct the interviews with the populations at their homes to gather the information sought, transcribe the answers onto the household questionnaire, and satisfactorily handle all collection documents.

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Chapter II - General instructions to the census taker

2.1- Role of the census taker
Your role is to:

It is necessary to know that the census must be carried out within 21 days. Therefore, you must not waste any time by making commitments to anything other than the population census in your Census District.

2.2- Behavior towards the population
The success of the census depends to a large extent on the people surveyed, especially on their willingness to answer questions. At the same time, the quality of the answers provided is dependent upon your behavior. Therefore you must:

2.3- Professional obligations of the census taker
To be a good Census Taker:

2.4- Prohibitions on the census taker
You are strictly prohibited from:

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2.5- Work equipment
Before you start work each day, you need to make sure your folder is complete. You must have:

This file may include:

For a CD that includes camps, the list of camps is attached to the agent's file. For important landmarks, see map legend.

In the event of a change in the structure or composition of the CD, due to recent subdivision work, new road layouts, or the loss or creation of villages, camps, etc., you must apply all the changes on your CD map so that it is always true to the new configuration found on the ground. You must also notify the team leader of such changes thereafter.

Other documents that contribute in one way or another to the completion of the census are classified in this category. These are:

Other materials notably include:

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Chapter III - Introduction to technical and administrative documents for use by the census taker
During the course of your duties as a Census Taker, you will have to use a number of technical documents, which are presented in the following paragraphs. These include the following documents: the census taker's employment contract and business card; the building, dwelling, and household numbering form; the Census District (CD) map, the census taker's manual, the household questionnaire, the workbook, and the Census District box.

3.1- The employment contract and the business card
The employment contract and the business card are not technical documents in the strictest sense of the term. These are, however, two very important administrative documents that specify your working conditions and attest to your duties as a census taker. The business card is an official identification document as part of the census, which shows your full name (surname and given names), sex, date and place of birth, National Identity Card number, home address, and the location (sub-prefecture or commune) to which you are assigned. The validity period of your business card is strictly limited to the official counting period. Upon conclusion of census operations, you must return your business card to the Permanent Technical Office of the Census (PTOC) through your team leader.

In principle, during the entire counting period, you must have your business card on your person at all times and present it whenever necessary. For example, when arriving in a community, compound, or household the first time, you must always identify yourself and explain the reasons for your visit. It is sometimes necessary, on such occasions, to present your business card as well as the introductory letter that the Mayor or the Deputy Prefect has issued to you, to put the people you meet in the communities and households you visit at ease

3.2- The Census District map
The Census District map is a portion of the geographic map of the sub-prefecture, the subdivision plan of the commune, or simply a sketch of a core village or the location plan of the camps associated with a core village, which gives you a comprehensive overview of the configuration of your Census District: the positioning of villages and camps, the roadways and means of access, distances, natural landmarks in rural areas, the location of dwellings in blocks and neighborhoods, avenues, streets, boulevards, and alleys, characteristic structures (church, mosque, market, etc.) and other easily identifiable landmarks in urban areas.

Using the Census District map, you can easily scout your work area, check the accuracy of all inhabited sites that fall within your domain, and recognize at any time if you are encroaching upon a colleague's area or, on the contrary, if one of your colleagues is encroaching upon your Census District.

In the event of a change in the structure or composition of the Census District, due to recent subdivision work, new road layouts, the loss or creation of villages and/or camps, the establishment of new buildings, etc., you must apply all the changes on your CD map so that it is always true to the current configuration.

You must also notify the team leader of such changes thereafter.
Another useful aspect of the CD map is that once you have successfully surveyed your work area, you can establish a satisfactory work plan for identifying and numbering buildings, dwellings, and households, and then counting and collecting information from households. A satisfactory work plan must be realistic and should allow you to carry out the entire census of the population and housing for your CD within the prescribed time frame, i.e. 3 weeks.

The CD map is also a technical document for the analysis and presentation of census results, and above all, for the organization of future survey-based statistical studies. You must therefore keep it in very good condition and return it to your team leader at the end of your assignment.

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3.3- The Census Taker's Manual
The census taker's manual is your only reference document, as well as your daily guide and companion. You should consult it at any time when, in the exercise of your duties, the slightest doubt lingers in your mind. It contains all the instructions that should guide you in your behavior as you approach households, ask questions, collect answers, and transcribe them in the required forms and the appropriate portions of the household questionnaire. However, you may consult with your team leader whenever the manual instructions seem unclear to you.

3.4- The numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households
The building, dwelling, and household numbering form is intended to supplement the information on household geographic identifiers included on the Census District map, with a view to precise localization of the households on the ground.

The building, dwelling, and household numbering form is the medium used to identify farmers in order to establish the survey base for the next agricultural census. There are two sections on this form. The first section is filled in well before the actual count, during the preliminary phase in which buildings, dwellings, and households are identified and numbered. It includes the following items:

Using the data contained in this part of the form, you can make an assessment prior to the count of the workload for which you are responsible, and set a schedule to track your work and progress in the field.

The second section is completed during the household census. It includes the following items: Number of people counted in the household, Observations

At the end of each working day, the data filled in on this form will allow you to assess the work already done and the work that remains to be done. Occasionally, you may have to revise your work plan and the schedule of households to visit, making up for any foreseeable delays in order to meet the established deadlines. At the end of the count, using the data on this form (at least the second section) you will be able to visualize the exhaustiveness of the counting of all previously identified households. This form must be completed as the work progresses. At the end of the census operation, all forms must be submitted to the team leader.

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3.5- The household questionnaire
The household questionnaire is the documentary tool from which you must transcribe the answers provided onto the indicated forms. In principle, if the number of people being counted in the household does not exceed 8, a single household questionnaire is sufficient to record the information relating to the household and all the people who live there. Otherwise, it is necessary to use 2, 3, 4, or more household questionnaires if the household includes 9-16 people, 17-24 people, 25-32 people, and so on. The household questionnaire is in the form of a large sheet of paper, slightly larger than A3 size, and includes several fields formatted in a specific layout over four pages.

The first page of the household questionnaire includes three types of information: administrative information naming the national institution in charge of the operation and the official name of the operation, information regarding the geographical location of the household, and quantitative information reflecting the results of the count of people living in the household.

The second and third pages contain a series of variables arranged in columns, for which the relevant information must be collected on the line assigned to each person counted in the household. Some of these variables apply to all individuals enumerated in the household, while others apply only to clearly specified categories. Thus there are:
a) Questions to ask each person enumerated in the household (RP - RA - Vi):

b) Questions to ask individuals who ordinarily reside in the household (RP+RA)

c) Questions to ask individuals 6 years of age or older who ordinarily reside in the household.

c) Questions to ask individuals 12 years of age or older who ordinarily reside in the household.

e) Questions to ask women residents 12 years of age or older.

As with any population and housing census that adopts a single questionnaire for each household, the exact wording of the questions applicable to the different subjects does not appear word for word on the questionnaire. Instead, a clearly evocative word or expression, corresponding to the name of the variable, appears on the form. For example, in Column 22, "Religion" was written at the very top. You are expected to understand in this particular case that the corresponding question to ask each member of the household is: "What is your religion?" This is a direct, closed-ended question requiring only one answer among the 8 possible answers listed below.

This is generally the case for most of the topics covered in the questionnaire, where the range of possible and acceptable responses is very limited (maximum 9). In this case, all the answers are printed on the questionnaire, and all you must do is circle the correct answer code. This is a pre-coded system. The following variables are thus pre-coded:

As for so-called open-ended questions, i.e. questions for which the range of possible and acceptable answers is wide, it is not possible to print all the answers on the questionnaire. A distinction must be drawn between two types of cases, as the possible answers may be numerical or non-numerical:

- If the answers are non-numerical, instead corresponding to words or groups of words, you must write the answer in full and in all capital letters in the corresponding space, and write nothing in the small open boxes, located lower, which form the coding grid. This is the case for the following variables:

For both open-ended and closed-ended questions, one and only one of the many possible answers must be provided by the interviewees.
However, there are variables in the household questionnaire for which two, three, four, or more responses may be applicable to the same individual. These variables are as follows:

Indeed, a given individual may be deaf and mute and have a limb disability. Similarly, a well-to-do household usually has a refrigerator, telephone, television set, and radio. In both of these cases, we have listed basic possible answers, established on the basis of the study's guidelines, on the questionnaire. In this case, the census taker must circle the numerical code of the basic responses deemed satisfactory and must not write anything in the coding grid.

The household geographic identification variables on the first page of the household questionnaire are an exception to the rules stated above. Indeed, with respect to the region, the department, the sub-prefecture, the commune, the village, the neighborhood/camp, and the type of establishment, the census taker has the necessary information to write out the name of the entity in question and then enter its numerical code in the appropriate boxes of the corresponding coding grid.

With respect to the quantitative variables: block number, household number, census district number, number of residents in the household, and number of people counted in the household, the numerical responses must be recorded directly in the appropriate boxes on the corresponding coding grid. On this first page of the questionnaire, there is the summary table of the census data collected in the household, which must be completed at the end of the interview.

3.6- The workbook
The workbook is a document used by the census taker during his/her rounds of villages, camps, or neighborhoods to record any and all observations, facts, and solutions to problems on a day-to-day basis and to draw up the list of members of the surveyed households. All of these indications are helpful in understanding the actual conditions under which the methodology and roll-out of the census are implemented, as well as the exact scope of the results to be obtained. There are no specific guidelines as to the maintenance of the workbook, other than that it must accurately recount the important facts of each working day, contacts with the population, any technical, material, or logistical difficulties, collaboration with the team leader, etc. Upon conclusion of census operations, you must return it to the Permanent Technical Office of the Census (PTOC) through your team leader.

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3.7- The Census District box
The Census District Box is not a document, strictly speaking. Instead, it is a cardboard archival box, in which the team leader and the census taker must carefully store all the technical documents from the data collection in the CD at the end of the counting operations: household questionnaires, duly completed and arranged in ascending order by block; the building, dwelling, and household numbering forms; the CD notebook; the Census District map and sketches; the subdivision plan that corresponds to the CD; and all maps regarding the association of camps with the core villages. More often than not, two or even three archival boxes will be needed to store all these documents.

For purposes of rapid identification of archival boxes, they must be marked with the following references in legible print: Region, Department, Sub-Prefecture, Commune, Census District number, sequential box number, the total number of boxes dedicated to the CD, and finally, the configuration of the CD. There are places on the box to indicate the status of the questionnaires in the computerized data processing queue.

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Chapter IV - Statistical enumeration units
There are five statistical units in the November 1998 General Census of Population and Housing of Côte d'Ivoire: Building, dwelling, household, household member, and death occurring in the household within the last twelve months. Deaths within the last 12 months will be examined in another chapter.

4.1- General Introduction and Definition

4.1.1- Building and Dwelling
The building is a one-piece construction, regardless of use. It may be:

A compound is a structure composed of a group of adjoining or non-adjoining houses overlooking a central courtyard and serving as a dwelling for one or more households. However, for the purposes of numbering, a compound will be considered one building.
Buildings are classified according to their use as follows:

The dwelling is a separate and independent space located inside a multi-unit building, or defined as the building itself, which serves as a home.

The building or the dwelling, as the basic element of the housing unit, is the appropriate frame of reference in which households and the members who make up those households are identified and then counted in order to ensure the exhaustiveness of the census. The comprehensive counting of buildings or dwellings is therefore the necessary first step to ensure the exhaustiveness of the census.

4.1.2- Ordinary household and collective household
The household is defined by taking into account how the people work together so as to provide, individually or collectively, for their individual food needs and other vital needs. A distinction is made between two types of households: the ordinary household and the collective household.

An ordinary household is made up of a group of people, who may or may not be related to one another, who recognize the authority of the same individual, called the "head of household," who live under the same roof or in the same compound, and who pool all or some portion of their resources. The ordinary household is usually made up of the head of household, his or her spouse(s), and their unmarried children. In quite a few cases, the ordinary household may include the head of household's married children, extended family (direct ascendants, descendants, and/or collateral relatives), and, in some cases, unrelated individuals. The fundamental criteria used to identify members of an ordinary household are as follows:

It is important to note that a person who lives alone and provides for his or her own basic needs, i.e., food, clothing, housing, etc. constitutes a household.

Likewise, a group of people (unmarried individuals, unrelated individuals, etc.) who share the same dwelling will be considered a household only if they recognize the authority of one of them, who is thus considered the head of household, and if they have arranged to take their meals together. If, on the contrary, these people maintain a certain mutual independence, aside from living together, then they do not form a household; there will be as many separate households as there are independent people.

A collective household is made up of a group of people who are not necessarily related to one another and who live together in the same institution for reasons of health, education, work, travel, discipline, or otherwise. It is the institution that regulates the conditions of their coexistence, taking its own objectives into account. This includes the following institutions:

However, people who live freely and normally in these institutions with their entire family (wife or wives and children), form ordinary households.

Ordinary and collective households are a frame of reference in which individuals are identified and counted, as well as statistical units of analysis.

4.1.3- Concept of household member
The basic statistical unit of observation and study, in the General Census of Population and Housing, is the individual who is identified and counted in his/her household, whether as a "resident (present)," a "resident (absent)," or as a "visitor."

For purposes of the General Census of Population and Housing, a "resident" is anyone who lives in his/her place of residence on a regular basis; that is, for at least the last six months, or for less than the last six months but with the intention of remaining for more than six months.

If individuals considered to be "residents" have spent the night before the census taker's visit in their household, they will be considered "residents (present)." If, however, they did not spend the night before the census taker's visit in their household, they will be considered "residents (absent)."

Anyone who spent the night before the Census Taker's visit to a household, but who does not normally live there, is considered a "visitor" in that household and is counted as such.

Note: A person identified and counted in his or her regular household as "Resident (Absent)" may be listed in another household as "Visitor," provided that he/she is still located in Côte d'Ivoire during the census period.

4.1.4- Concept of head of household
The head of household is the person recognized as such by the other members of the household. He/she is most often the person in charge of the dwelling occupied by the household. The head of household must be a resident. Often the ordinary household is made up of a monogamous or polygamous nuclear family. In such cases, the man who is the head of the family, is also the head of household, provided that all the other members of the household recognize him as such. By means of a series of appropriate questions, you must always verify whether all the people who live in the dwelling form one single household. In some regions, a household may include several nuclear families or family nuclei and may occupy one or more buildings.

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4.2- Example and exercise
Here is an example that will help you better understand the concepts of ordinary household, building, and dwelling:

Mr. Akessi Alexandre Kouakou, a very wealthy man, lives in Cocody, in a beautiful modern compound surrounded by a beautiful garden, with two of his three wives, their children and grandsons, two guards, and three domestic servants. Akessi Brice Kouakou and Akessi Jean Marie Kouakou, the eldest sons of Mr. Akessi Alexandre Kouakou, occupy the two ground-floor apartments with their wives and children. Alexandre lives on the second floor with his two wives and their minor children.

On the right side of the compound, there is a first outbuilding where the two guards are housed, and in the back of the courtyard, there is a second outbuilding where the three domestic servants live. Jean Marie and Brice each have their own maids, who do not sleep on the premises.

The third wife lives on another compound owned by Alexander and located approximately 50 meters further down the main avenue. That compound has a two-story building. The ground floor is rented out and houses a pharmacy, a hair and beauty salon, a shop, and a modern dry cleaner. The second floor includes two apartments and a studio that are rented out. The studio is rented by two young Gabonese students, Miss Arlette Ngono and Miss Adèle Mavoungou. The first apartment is rented by Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Kouadio and their two children, while the second apartment is rented by 4 students, each of whom independently rents his or her own bedroom equipped with a shower, a toilet, and a small kitchen. These students are Jacob Kouakouvi, Berthe Salome, Yacoub Diallo, and Bruno Malonga. The top floor is occupied by Mrs. Akessi Roberte Kouakou, her four children, and the domestic servant.

Mr. Akessi Alexandre Kouakou, his country's Ambassador to a European country, retired 3 months ago, at which time he returned to Côte d'Ivoire with his wife Brigitte and their three children, Saint-Paul, Valérie, and Omer, who are currently enrolled as students at Collège Mermoz. Adrienne, Alexandre's second wife, lives with him. Adrienne returned from Europe with her youngest son, Jean-François, a year before her husband, in order to return to her job at the Ministry of Health.

Akessi Brice Kouakou is an aircraft captain for Air Afrique. Currently he has been absent from the household for two days due to work and will not return until tomorrow. His wife Aminata and their two children, Roland and Annie, are at home waiting for him. His brother, Jean Marie, is a police commissioner and has been working in Cocody for two years. His wife, Fabienne, went to the village two days ago to visit her mother. Their two children, Alex and Gabriel, went with her; they are expected to return this afternoon. Alassane Zanre and Idrissa Hamadou, both citizens of Burkina Faso, are the two guards who have been living here for three years. Pauline Loh and Rachel and Aissata Kouadio are Alexander's three servants, who live on the premises. Pauline Loh has the most seniority, having been here for a year, while the other two were hired just two months ago. Lucie and Akamba Madou Sika are the two servants who work at the homes of Jean Marie and Brice, respectively. They come to work early in the morning and do not return home until around 6 p.m.

At Alexander's other compound, Roberte lives with her four children: Fabien, Koffi, Marthe, and Alao. Fabien generally attends the Lycée d'Agboville, where he is a boarding student; he has only been back at his mother's home for a week due to illness. Koffi, Marthe, and Alao attend Collège Mermoz like the others. Roberte's domestic servant is named Pauline Sabou; she has been living with her boss for three and a half years. All the other occupants of the building have been there on a regular basis for over a year."

In this example, how many ordinary households and dwellings can be identified?
For each of these households, answer the following questions: Who is the head of household? Who are the members of the households? What residency status applies to each person to be counted?

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Chapter V - Preliminary work in the census district

5.1- Contact with the population
The first contact you need to make when you arrive in your CD, or any locality within your CD, must be with the local authorities or leader. Ideally, this contact will be made by the team leader and a representative of the Sub-Prefectural or Municipal Census Committee. They will introduce you to the leaders of the village or neighborhood, to whom they will explain:

In the event that your team leader is not available, you must take on these responsibilities yourself.

Contact with the population will take place only after contact is established with the local authorities of the village or neighborhood in which you are going to work. Indeed, following this introduction to the local authorities and officials in your CD, you can make contact with the public, in the company of a village, neighborhood, district, or local authority and of your team leader, if he/she is available.

During this first contact with the population of your Census District, and prior to your actual survey of the territory, you must verify whether the data in your possession conforms to the reality. In particular, verify that the number of camps surrounding a core village has not changed since the last update by the cartographers, that each of the camps is easily accessible, etc.

5.2- Surveying the Census District (CD)

5.2.1- The CD map
You will be given a portion of a map, called "CD Map," on which you will be able to view the boundaries of your Census District (CD), drawn in felt-tip pen. The map also shows the names of inhabited places (villages, neighborhoods, etc.) and some easily recognizable landmarks, to help you find your bearings in the field. The area within these boundaries is your CD and you must cover it entirely, that is, visit all the dwellings therein without exception and take a census of all the households you encounter there. Under no circumstances should you go beyond these boundaries to work, because if you do, you will encroach on another census taker's domain, which would constitute serious professional misconduct on your part.

A map is the representation of a region or country, in whole or in part, at a given scale.

A locality map is a detailed map showing the layout of a locality's streets and the location of the other developed spaces. A locality map usually includes blocks and lots. Its content depends on its intended use. A locality map may provide relatively little information or a considerable amount of detail, usually represented by symbols (see map legend in the appendix).

A block is an area that may be bounded by roads, trails, railway tracks, fences, or natural obstacles (stream, hill, forest, mountain, etc.). It may be partially or fully occupied by dwellings, or it may be vacant. Four types of numbering can be found on the maps:

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The lot is a portion of the block delimited by boundary markers.

5.2.2- Surveying the CD
Before starting the count itself, you must survey the territory of your CD. During this phase of the operation, you must travel throughout your CD to check the accuracy of the geographical characteristics of the localities that appear on the CD map and on the list of localities that make up your work area: existence, physical positioning, toponymy, etc. If by chance a locality has been missed on the map, you must correct the map by placing the forgotten locality on the map as accurately as possible. If, on the other hand, the name of a locality is not accurate, consult the population concerned and transcribe the accurate name of that locality on all census documents.

In rural areas, it is very important to verify the accuracy of the existence of all the camps on the map associated with the core village, correcting them as needed in order to take into account new or overlooked camps or any camps that have disappeared. If a new camp is discovered, mark its position on the map and contact the team leader to assign it a number.

In the case of a hamlet established in the village, you process the locality and report it to your team leader, who will contact the controller. In the event that a camp is destroyed or has vanished, cross off the name and number neatly on the map and on the directory and report it to your team leader.
All new information on your map must be legible and copied into your workbook, then submitted to your

Team Leader for review as soon as possible. Take care of your CD map, as updated during your work, as it is an invaluable tool for your work during the census, as well as for the Permanent Technical Office of the Census during subsequent statistical analyses and operations. That is why you must return it at the end of your assignment. Do not crumple it, tear it, or lose it.

This task is essential to the proper execution of your work because it is by doing this survey of your CD that you will be able to determine, in cooperation with your team leader, how best to make progress on the ground, what spot to take as a starting point for your work, and the route to follow. For example, you could decide to start at point A, then go to the left, then straight, and so on, for initial coverage of the entire locality or area, and then proceed from locality to locality or area to area, so as to cover your entire CD thoroughly. In any event, you must take into account all the factors (access route, distance between localities) to establish a coherent plan for the proper execution of your work within the allotted time: three weeks. However, it is imperative that you draw up this program with the cooperation of your team leader.

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5.3- Methods for locating and numbering buildings, dwellings, and households in the CD
Depending on the particular complexities of each CD, it is possible to identify and number buildings in one of two ways:

Completing the numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households before starting the count has advantages and disadvantages depending on the specific characteristics of each CD:

a) Advantages:

b) Disadvantages:
In some rural areas, there are drawbacks to an attempt at completing the numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households within the 4 or 5 days of this operation:

Choosing the second option, to identify and then number buildings, dwellings, and households, is preferable when challenging terrain and impediments to travel (distances, streams, etc.) are significant factors, but this decision can be made only with the agreement of the team leader. In all cases, the numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households must be done, as you progress through the block, without any omissions or duplication, and you must identify and number all the buildings, dwellings, and households in your CD.

5.3.1- Numbering the buildings
The buildings are numbered in ascending order in the block from 01 to 99.
A block is an area bounded by roads, trails, fences, natural obstacles, etc.; it may be partially or fully occupied by dwellings, or it may be vacant.
The identification number assigned to the building on the ground consists of three parts:

H if the building is occupied only by dwellings.
S if the building is used only for offices, services, or shops.
M if the building is inhabited and also used for other uses (offices, shops, services, etc.)
V if the building is vacant.

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The capital letter designating the use of the building is also assigned by the Census Taker who completes the numbering process. Thus the resulting number is:
Block no. / Building no. / Capital letter designating the use of the building.
Example:

5.3.2- Numbering the dwellings
The dwellings are numbered in ascending order in the block from 001 to 999. The dwelling number includes: the block or camp number, the building number, and the number assigned to the dwelling itself. The result is:
Block no. / Building no. / Dwelling no.
Example: For dwelling 004, which is located in Building 32, itself located in block 0049, the identification number is: 0049 / 32 / 004.

5.3.3- Numbering the households
Households are numbered in ascending order from 001 to 999 in the block or camp. The household is identified using a series of numbers consisting of the block number, the building number, and the dwelling number. Thus the household number includes: the block or camp number, the building number, the dwelling number, and the number assigned to the household itself. The result is:
Block no. / Building no. / Dwelling no. / Household no.

Example: Household 001, dwelling 001, building 01, block 0015, it is identified by the number below, which you must write very clearly at the top of the main door frame: 0015 / 01 / 001 / 001.
The household identification number is written at the top of the frame for the main door to the household.

5.3.4- Completing the numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households
Start by providing geographical identifiers (Region, Department, Sub-Prefecture, Commune, Village, Census District).
The columns on the numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households are filled in as the numbering is done so that each line contains the information for a single household.

Carefully enter in the appropriate columns: the block number, the building number, the letter indicating the building's use, the dwelling number, the household number, the name and the type of collective household in the case of a collective household, the name of the head of the household in the case of an ordinary household, the number of people in the household, whether there is a farmer in the household, and if so, the type of crops grown.

A farm is defined as any land used for agricultural production and considered an economic unit with its own means of production. It comprises fields which, in turn, are divided into parcels. The individual responsible for the farm is the farmer.

To properly complete the numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households, you must pose a series of questions to the people you meet on the premises and who occupy the building, in order to learn all the fundamental features of the buildings and household(s) that live in them.

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You must carefully enter all the information you have obtained and the numbers you have assigned to buildings, dwellings, and households, in the appropriate columns on the numbering form. The correct completion of this form allows you to better organize your work during the data collection period, and above all, to ensure that all the identified households have been properly counted.

During the household census, complete the second part of the form, i.e. the number of people in the household. Any and all difficulties or special cases encountered in the course of identifying and numbering buildings, dwellings, and households must be noted in the comment field.

Notes:

Caution:

However, this last measure is to be avoided. Take all necessary precautions to avoid resorting to this measure.

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Once all households in a building have been counted, enter the letter R (meaning "has been recorded") at the end of the number on the exterior façade of the building and on the numbering form (in the "Comments" column).

Summary example of numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households
[Example table omitted.]

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Chapter VI - Interviewing the households and filling out the household questionnaire
To complete the household questionnaire, it is necessary to have identified the household beforehand at his/her/their usual place of residence. In particular, you must have identified the head of household, in the case of an ordinary household, or the head of the collective household, and then identified each person able to be counted in the household as "Resident (Present)," "Resident (Absent)," or "Visitor."

6.1- Method of collecting data on household identification characteristics
(page 1 of the household questionnaire)
There are two types of data on household identification characteristics: data available upon completion of the building, dwelling, and household numbering phase, and data available upon completion of the actual survey of the people who live in the household.

6.1.1- Data available upon completion of the building, dwelling, and household numbering phase
These are all the data that have been communicated to you and that are copied into the CD file that has been given to you: the name and code of the region, the department, the sub-prefecture, or the commune in which your Census District is located, and the number assigned to your Census District. These data remain the same for all households in your CD. Once you find yourself in any inhabited area within the CD, you simply transcribe the exact name of the precinct in question on the line in relation to each of these variables (region, department, sub-prefecture or commune), and then enter the code, using only one digit per square, onto the corresponding coding grid. Then you enter the number of your Census District (CD) in the corresponding coding grid.

The data available at the end of the numbering phase also include all the data you assigned during this phase in the field, in order to identify the buildings and dwellings occupied by any given household (whether ordinary or collective). Therefore, when you arrive in a previously identified household (with the household number, type of establishment, and head of household already determined), you only need recognize the village, the neighborhood or camp, the block, the building, and the dwelling occupied by this household, to find the corresponding information on the numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households that must be copied onto the household questionnaire. The digital codes of villages, neighborhoods, and camps are on the directory of villages, neighborhoods, and camps, as well as the CD number you have been assigned.

On the numbering form for buildings, dwellings, and households, you will also find the household number, along with the surname and given names of the head of the household, in the case of an ordinary household, or the type and name of the facility, if it is a collective household. For the codification of the type of facility, for collective households, comply with the following codes:

Thus, depending on the type of establishment (in the case of collective households) you encounter, you must enter the appropriate digital code on the coding grid.

Therefore, using the data in your possession at the time you encounter a household at home, you can fill in the elements relating to the household identification characteristics on the first page of the questionnaire: variables 1-11. For variable 9: household number, three positions are provided, but an isolated box is added; this box represents the type of household. Thus, you will enter 1 for an ordinary household and 2 for a collective household, followed by the number you would have assigned to this household, with three positions in the three boxes that follow.

The other variables on the 1st page -- the number of people counted in the household, the number of residents in the household, the sheet number and the total number of sheets and the summary table -- will be processed only after the count is completed for the household. Once you have completed the data for variables 1-11 on the first page, move on to the second page of the household questionnaire.

6.2- Method of collecting data on individual characteristics
(pages 2 and 3 of the household questionnaire)

6.2.1- Collective households
In the case of a collective household, there is, by definition, no head of household. Therefore any member of this household may be entered under number "001." For the registration of the other people who live in a collective household, there are no specific rules to follow; the key point is to record and collect the information sought concerning each person living in that household, without omission or duplication.

Important! The absence of a natural person designated "head of household in a collective household means that, for each person listed in such a household, the variable "relationship to head of household" is irrelevant, or "not applicable."

6.2.2- Ordinary households
The registration of people living in an ordinary household always begins with the head of household, who has usually been identified by full name (surname and given names) during the preliminary phase of numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households. The head of household always has the sequential number "001."

For those in a regular household, visitors who are not members of the household are always recorded last, after all people residing in the household (present residents and absent residents) have been recorded. People recognized as residents of the household (both present residents and absent residents) must be recorded in the following order:

Based on the answers obtained, you can draw up a preliminary list of people to be interviewed to determine whether they should actually be counted. In order to properly identify and record people who must be registered in an ordinary household, it is necessary first to find out the following information for each of these people in succession: surname and given name, residence status, relationship to the head of household, sex, and date of birth or age.

To that end, enter all members of the household into the workbook, listing their residence status (Residents [Present], Residents [Absent], or Visitors), their sex, their relationship to the HH, and their date of birth or age.


Next, record them on the questionnaire in the order set forth above, and start collecting the other information about each of them. Here is the first set of questions to ask each person whom the head of household names as being one of the people to be counted in his/her household:

1) - What is your full name (surname and given name)?

2) - How long have you lived in this household?
i) - if the period indicated is longer than six months, then this person is a resident; ask him/her the following question: Did you spend last night in your household?
If the answer is yes, then this person is a resident (present); if the answer is no, then this person is a resident (absent).

Note: The question about the night in question should be asked only if the individual is absent at the time of the interview.
(ii) - if the period indicated is less than six months, ask him/her the following question: Do you intend to stay in the household for at least six months? If the answer is yes, then this person is a resident; you must then determine if he/she is a resident (present) or a resident (absent), following the steps described above. If the answer is NO, you must draw a distinction among several cases:

After determining who should be identified in the household, either as a Resident (Present or Absent) or as a Visitor, the series of questions continues:

3) - What is the relationship between you and the head of household?

4) - What is your sex?
Note: Should the answer to this question appear to be known or obvious, it should not be asked, if the person in question is in your presence.

5) - What is your date of birth? or: What is your current age?
Note: With respect to the children of the head of household or the spouse of the head of household, it is also important to determine whether both parents are in the household, and whether they are married or not, in to determine where to register them.

Now you are able to record the household members and visitors on the questionnaire, and complete the answers to questions 14-18 and 19-20 for each person.

Question 14: Sequential number
The sequential number is composed of three (3) digits. This number indicates the order in which this individual was recorded within the household.
Example: The sequential number assigned to the head of household (HH) is 1and is written as follows [example omitted.]
You assign each member of the household a number in the order indicated. You must start with the residents and then proceed to the visitors, who must always, regardless of their relationship to the head of household, be registered last.

Question 14(a): Surname and given names
Print very clearly (in all capital letters): the surname and given names of household members, starting with the HH and following the order indicated under question 14. The person surveyed may have multiple surnames and given names (common name, nickname, former name). If possible, you note only the given names that appear on the individual's identification card; otherwise, emphasize the importance of obtaining the accurate legal surname and given names.

Question 15: Residency status
Circle the code that corresponds to the previously determined residency status.

Question 16: Relationship to head of household
If a person is not related to the head of the household (by blood or by marriage), you must assign him/her the code "8 - SP (no relationship); this person may be a friend, colleague, protégé, or simple acquaintance staying in the household, an apprentice, etc.
In any other case, this is a person who has some relationship to the head of household. However, you are not to transcribe the answer obtained as is, because only seven possibilities are available to you to indicate the nature of the relationship:

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Attention! Your brother's children or your sister's children are not your children; they are your nephews or nieces. Nor is an adopted child your son or daughter. These two cases should not be included in code 3 = FL.

Attention! Take care not to confuse brothers/sisters with first cousins, who are the children of the uncle or the aunt.

Attention! The children of the first cousin are not the nephews/nieces of the head of household.

Question 17: Sex
Circle the code that matches the correct answer.

For absentees and children, ask: Is this person a man (boy) or a woman (girl)?

Question 18: Date of birth or age
The age of an individual is the number of years since birth. It is obtained accurately by difference of date: date of observation (day, month, year) - date of birth (day, month, year). The age of an individual is a very important variable in the sociodemographic and economic analysis of the census data.
Therefore, you must make every effort to obtain this vital information with as much accuracy as possible. Ideally, the birth date of an individual should be expressed in day/month/year format. Try to get maximum accuracy (day, month, year) whenever possible. Check the civil status documents of respondents who have them.
In order to record the response obtained, a distinction must be made among several possible scenarios:
1 - The date of birth information is complete (day, month, year).

2 - The date information is not complete: We know either the month and year of birth, or the year of birth only.

3 - Date of birth information is not available, despite your best efforts; in this case, you must ask the following question: "What is your age?" Always test the plausibility of the answer provided, using simple cues such as: identification of people of the same generation whose age is relatively well known, important historical facts, etc. The answer obtained is transcribed as follows for an age of 42: 42 (age)
Note: For any person born before 1901, even if the date of birth is known, you should not record such a date of birth in the corresponding coding grid on the questionnaire. Instead, in these cases, simply write "97" in the coding grid under the "age" category.

Question 19: Place of birth
Ask the question: "Where were you born?" Based on the response of the surveyed person, write below the coding grid:
1 - The name of the village where the person was born, followed in parentheses by the name of the Sub-Prefecture or of the commune to which the village is linked as of the time of the census.

2 - The name of the administrative center of the Sub-Prefecture or of the Commune in which the person was born.

3 - The name of the country, if the person was born outside Côte d'Ivoire.

2 - For foreigners

Note:
If a person has applied for naturalization but has not yet obtained it, write in his/her nationality of origin.
If a person claims more than one nationality, write in one nationality of his/her choice.
If a person does not state his/her nationality, insist on getting nationality information.

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Attention: Questions 21-25 apply only to residents of the household. As questions 21, etc., do not apply to visitors, you must draw a slash through column 21 and the following columns.

Question 21: Place of residence in November 1997
For any person living in the household, born before November 1, 1997 or more than one year old, ask the following question: Where did you live in November 1997, i.e. one year ago? Depending on the answer given, you write:
- 1) the name of the village, followed in parentheses by the name of the sub-prefecture or of the commune to which the village is administratively linked, if the person resided in a village in Côte d'Ivoire;

- 2) the name of the administrative center of the sub-prefecture or of the commune, if the person was living in the administrative center of a sub-prefecture or of a commune in Côte d'Ivoire;

3 - The name of the country, if the person was living outside Côte d'Ivoire.

For children under one year of age, do not ask the question; instead, draw a slash through the column.

Question 22: Religion
Ask: "What is your religion?" and circle the code for the given response.

Note: The religion of a young child is the same as that of the person responsible for the child's care as of the time of the census.

Question 23: Physical disabilities
A physical disability is any disadvantage or infirmity that deprives the individual of his/her physical abilities. For example:

Ask: "Do you have a physical disability or infirmity?"

Circle the code that matches the correct answer(s).

Note: For all physical disabilities and infirmities that an individual presents but that do not appear on the short list of basic physical disabilities mentioned on the questionnaire, circle code "32: Other physical disabilities."

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Question 24: Whether mother is living
Ask: "Is your mother living?" Then, circle the code that matches the correct answer.

Question 25: Whether father is living
Ask: "Is your father living?" Then, circle the code that matches the correct answer.

Note: The father and mother in Columns 24 and 25 are the biological parents of the individual, i.e. the man and woman who gave birth to him.

Attention: Questions 26-32 apply only to residents of the household who are at least 6 years of age. Therefore, these questions do not apply to: visitors, any and all resident children (present or absent) who are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years of age, or born in 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, or, 1993, or who were born between November 1 and December 31, 1992.
Resident children (present or absent) born between January 1 and October 31, 1992, are now 6 years of age; therefore, questions 26-32 apply to them.

Special case: For any child who is a resident (present or absent) and was born in 1992, without the month being specified, questions 26-32 apply. For resident children (present or absent) to whom questions 26-32 do not apply, draw a slash through column 26 and the following columns.

Question 26: Literacy
For purposes of the census, literacy refers to the fact that a person is able to read, write, and understand a simple letter addressed to a relative, friend, or acquaintance. Any person who is not able to read, write, and understand a simple letter addressed to a relative, friend or acquaintance is considered illiterate. The language in which one writes may be an Ivorian language, French, English, Arabic, German, etc. Your goal is to determine whether the person is literate or not.
To get the right answer, ask the following question:

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Question 27: Level of education
The level of education of a given individual corresponds to the last year of study completed or, in the case of students, the current year of study, at the highest level of the national education system that he/she has reached. There are four levels of study (types of instruction), with two to seven years of study each:

How to conduct the interview?
Regardless of the answer given to question 26: Literacy:
Ask: "Have you attended school?"

Note: People who have studied in another education system must be classified in the equivalent categories of the Ivorian education system. For those who were educated through Arabic, you must be cautious regarding their status, as they are not necessarily literate; generally speaking, they are taught to recite verses but are unable to read or write.

Question 28: Type of activity
The type of activity describes a person's status in regard to economic activity. Any person 6 years of age or older must be classified as either "active" or "inactive." The following are considered active: individuals who are employed, individuals who have lost their job and are currently seeking employment, and individuals seeking a first job. All other individuals are considered inactive (housewives, students, retirees, pensioners, other people outside the work force, etc.).

Note: In rural areas, farmers and the family members who assist them are considered to be employed even if the census takes place in a period of inactivity (between harvests, for example). People laid off or on leave (due to illness or other causes) at the time of the census are considered employed.

Note: A man or woman who performs housework for a living or in-kind salary is considered employed.

Example: Valets, Cooks, Nannies, Maids, Domestic servants, Chambermaids. A female craftsperson (seamstress or potter, for example) is considered employed even if she takes care of the household.

A woman who cultivates a plot of land or helps her husband with agricultural work (especially in rural areas), or who has an activity that earns some income (for example, small business in urban areas), is considered employed.
Any income-generating economic activity carried out by the interviewee should be given priority.

How to conduct the interview on the type of activity?
Never ask, "What is your type of employment?" but rather, "Are you currently working?"

Regarding inactive individuals, ask follow-up questions to understand the true situation of the individual. For example, when interviewing a homemaker, ask whether housework is his/her only occupation or whether he/she also runs a small business, for example.

Question 29: Vocational training acquired
Vocational training is defined as the result of:
1- Learning, with reference to the acquisition of professional knowledge and the development of practical skills in a specified context: short-term professional training for workers or, sometimes, non-workers. Either an attestation or a certificate may be awarded at the end of the internship or program.
2- A diploma course offered within a specialized training structure, with reference to the acquisition of theoretical and practical professional knowledge in accordance with a clearly defined curriculum, with completion of studies confirmed by a government-recognized diploma. Several levels of education can be distinguished under vocational training:

Note: However, in the context of the census, practical on-the-job or workshop-based learning with a master of a manual trade is not considered to be vocational training, even though it confers upon the learner the knowledge and skills to practice the profession in question, unless it is acknowledged by a recognized diploma.

How to conduct the interview on vocational training?
For each person identified in Column 28 as "employed," "unemployed," "seeking a first job," "homemaker," "student," "retiree," "person of independent means," or "other inactive people," ask the question: Have you received any vocational training?

A) - If yes, ask: What is the highest professional degree you have earned?
Above the coding grid, legibly write the diploma and training received indicated by the person surveyed.

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Example 1: Technician Diploma (BT)

Example 2: Advanced Technician Diploma (BTS)

Example 3: engineer

Example 4: skilled worker or similar

B)- If you receive a "No" answer to the question: "Have you received any vocational training?" then draw a slash.

Question 30: Current occupation
The current occupation of an individual who has declared himself or herself to be "employed" under Column 28 refers to the type of work he/she is doing at the time of the census or that he/she did for at least one week during the 4-week period prior to the census taker's visit to the household. The current occupation of an "employed" individual during the reference period (the last 4 weeks before the date of the census taker's visit to the household) refers to:

How to conduct the interview on current occupation?
For a person recognized as employed (Q28 = 1 OCC), ask the following question:
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"What position, duty, or economic activity have you performed in the last 4 weeks (the reference period)?"
The answer must be related to the work actually done by the person and not to what he or she is able to do, i.e., to his or her training.

If the person has engaged in more than one economic activity during the reference period, ask them to tell you which one they think is most substantial, and write that activity on the questionnaire. Do not include anything, however, in the coding grid.

For a person recognized as unemployed, i.e., a person who has worked in the past but who is out of work and looking for employment during the reference period, ask the following question:
"What is the last trade, what is the last duty or position, or what is the last economic activity you did before you were left without work?"

The guidelines described above remain applicable for collection of the correct answer, which must be transcribed in full on the questionnaire. You must be as precise as possible in indicating the economic activity practiced; for example, you must write:

Question 31: Current employment status
The "Current Employment Status" refers to the hierarchical position of an "employed" person or simply any worker within the company; the industrial, artisanal or commercial unit; the farm; the Government, etc., in which he or she currently practices or has previously practiced his/her economic activity, employment, trade, or duty during the reference period, i.e., in the last 4 weeks prior to the census taker's visit to the household.

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For purposes of the census, a distinction must be drawn among 8 possible situations: employer, public sector employee, private sector employee, day laborer, member of a cooperative, self-employed worker, family assistant, and unpaid apprentice.
A worker is a person bound to an employer, public or private, by an employment contract that provides for salary-based compensation, in kind or in cash, for the work he/she provides. The census is also concerned with the type of employer, hence the distinction made between a public sector employee and a private sector employee.

Note: An apprentice paid in cash or in kind must be considered a private sector employee.

How to conduct the interview on current employment status?
To all residents aged 6 years or older who are declared "employed," ask the following question:

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1- Do you work or conduct business on your own behalf, without associating yourself with anyone else, in a company, an establishment, an industrial, artisanal, agricultural or commercial production unit, or a facility that provides services, whose means of production and equipment belong to you?

2- Do you work or conduct your business on behalf of a government office, an organization, a company, an industrial, agricultural, commercial, or artisanal production unit, a facility that provides services, or an ordinary household (or an individual) that compensates you, on the basis of a verbal or written contract, in the form of a wage or salary, in cash or in kind, in return for the work done?

3- Do you practice your trade (craftsman, worker) on behalf of various clients (individuals, companies, etc.) who pay you by the job?" If the answer is "yes," the worker in question is a day laborer. Circle code "4 = TA." If the answer is "no," ask the following question:
4- "Do you conduct your business (trade, crafts, agriculture) on your own behalf, or in association with other people (in a cooperative)? If the answer is "yes," then this worker is a member of a cooperative. Circle code "5 = COP." If the answer is no, continue the interview.

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5- "Do you conduct your business in a family business (boutique, small-scale production, commercial operation, farm, workshop, etc.) run by a relative who pays you no salary in return?" If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is a family assistant. Circle code "7 = AF." If the answer is "no," ask the following question.
6- "Do you conduct your business or practice your trade with a master (worker, craftsman, service professional, etc.) who provides your professional training and therefore does not pay you any salary in return?" If the answer is "yes," then the individual in question is an unpaid apprentice. Circle code "8 = AP." If the answer is "no," then all questions must be repeated.
The current employment status also pertains to residents aged 6 years or older who are declared "unemployed" in column 28, "type of activity." We must therefore repeat the same sets of questions for each person declared "unemployed," this time referring to the last economic activity carried out before individual came to be unemployed.

Question 32: Industry sector
The industry sector pertains to the type of economic activity carried out by the Government, a public body, a public undertaking, a state-owned company, an industrial, artisanal, commercial, agricultural, or service company or production unit, a workshop, family farm, etc., in which the worker conducts or has conducted his or her own economic activity.
For example, a driver who works for the Ministry of Agriculture, a driver who works for Sococe, a driver who works for the BIAO-CI, a driver who works as a "taxi driver," and a driver who works for the Ivory Coast Electricity Company are not classified in the same industry, even though they all engage in the same type of economic activity or occupation. Indeed:

Conversely, all employees of the same company, government body, or business must be classified in the same industry, regardless of the occupation or occupation that each of them practices within this unit of production. Thus all workers of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan are classified in the maritime transport sector, regardless of the occupation or trade they practice there. Similarly, all workers of the Ivory Coast Electricity Company (commercial engineer, drivers, laborers, cooks, accountants, electrical engineer, chemists, masons, welders, administrator, director, etc.) are classified in the "production and distribution of electricity" sector.

Other examples: A physician working in a clinic or hospital has "health care" listed as his or her industry sector, while a physician working at the office of the Ministry of Health is in the "government" sector.

For a secretary working at Gonfreville establishments, enter "textile industry"; for a secretary working at the Biao, write "bank"; for a secretary working at Air Afrique, write "air transportation"; for a secretary working at the Ministry of Planning and Development, write "government"; for a domestic worker who works for a given household, write "service to private individuals."

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The industry sector of individuals working in specialized services is the service or good produced by the establishment; in the case of informal sector activities, it is necessary to describe what the person produces or sells.

All of these examples serve to show you that an individual's knowledge of the profession or occupation is not sufficient to determine the industry sector.

How to conduct the interview about the industry sector?
Ask: "What does the establishment or company for which you work do?" Legibly write the response provided by the respondent outside the coding grid.

Question 33: Secondary occupation
This question is addressed exclusively to employed people who have declared an occupation in Column 30: "Current occupation"

The secondary occupation of an individual who has declared himself or herself employed, refers to any additional work he or she performs outside the activity declared in Column 30, "Current occupation." In this context, this variable has been added in order to seek individuals who have the ability to treat diseases.

How to conduct the interview on secondary occupation?
Ask the question: "Do you treat certain diseases?"
1. If "YES," ask, "How do you treat diseases, or what do you use to treat diseases?" Depending on the answer given, enter the declared health care activity. We make a distinction between:

2. If "no," ask, "Do you have another occupation outside of the one declared in Column 30? [read what the person said in Column 30]"

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Attention: Questions 34 and 35 must be asked of each resident (present or absent) in the household who is 12 years of age or older. For all residents between the ages of 6 and 11, you must put a slash through column 34 and the following columns.

Question 34: Marital status
Marital status indicates a person's status in relation to marriage. Any individual whose union has been formalized in a civil or religious ceremony or according to customary rites is considered "married." After conducting the interview, select the appropriate code that corresponds to the situation of the person interviewed. For example:

Note: People who are separated are considered divorced.
A polygamist who divorces from one of his wives is not considered divorced, but remains married.

How to conduct the interview on marital status?
For each resident 12 years of age or older, ask: "Do you live with a woman (or a man)?"

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Question 35 Type of marriage
The type of marriage concerns the formalization of the current union or unions with the civil registry, at a church or mosque, and according to customary rites. Thus an individual (a man in a monogamous union or a woman in a monogamous union or a polygamous union), may have one or another type of marriage, or two or all three at once. Therefore, a man in a polygamous union can contract one or more types of marriage with one or more of his wives. What matters is the type of marriage contracted by the individual to whom the questions are addressed, in regard to the current union or unions (man) or past union or unions (for people who are divorced or widowed).

How to conduct the interview on the type of marriage?
For all residents 12 years of age or older.
1- For people who are single or cohabitating, circle code 8 = None.
2 - For any person (a man in a monogamous union or a woman in a monogamous union or a polygamous union), ask the questions:

You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be selected.

3 - Ask any man in a polygamous union: "Have you had a marriage performed at the town hall or the sub-prefecture by an officer of the civil registry with one of your current wives?" "Have you had a marriage performed according to custom with one of your current wives?" "Have you had a wedding performed at a church by a priest or pastor with one of your current wives? or at a mosque by an imam?" You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be circled. (See codes above)
4 - Ask any divorced or widowed person: "Was your last marriage performed in a church or mosque?" "Was your last marriage performed at the town hall or in the sub-prefecture by an officer of the civil registry?" "Was your last marriage celebrated according to custom?" You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be circled (See codes above)

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Note: Questions 36, 37, and 38 relate exclusively to women, whether present or absent, who reside in the household and are 12 years of age or older.
For male residents 12 years of age or older, you must draw a slash through column 36 and the columns that follow.

Questions 36, 37, and 38 pertain to live births. Thus the questions must be asked of all female residents 12 years of age or older. By live birth, we mean all children born alive, that is, any product of conception that has manifested any sign of life (screams, crying, breathing, heartbeat, etc.) after complete extraction of the body from the mother. Stillborn children, however, which should not be counted for these purposes, are children who died before the complete extraction of the body from the mother (dead fetus), called stillbirths.

Question 36: Total number of children born alive
Ask the questions: Since you started having children, how many children have you had who were born alive? How many boys? How many girls?

Write the number of boys in the male grid and the number of girls in the female grid. These numbers are expressed using two digits, like this: [example omitted.]

Question 37: Total number of children still living
Ask the following questions, if the woman has previously indicated that she has had at least one child born alive: "Of all the children born alive that you have had in your life, how many are alive now?" "How many boys?" "How many girls?"

As before, using double digits, enter the number of boys still living in the "male" grid and the number of girls still living in the "female" grid.

Question 38: Live births in the household in the last 12 months
Ask the following questions: "Have you had any live births since the month of November 1997?" "How many boys?" "How many girls?"

Note: You must enter the live births that have occurred in the household in the last 12 months prior to the date of your visit. This largely avoids the telescoping effect.

For example, if you were to visit a household on November 30, 1998, you would record the births of the last 12 months dating back to November 30, 1997. An interviewer visiting another household on November 21, 1998, would record the births dating back to November 21, 1997, etc.

Enter the number of births of males using a single digit in the male coding grid, and the number of births of females using a single digit in the female coding grid.

6.3 Method of collecting data on household characteristics
Household characteristics data are all the data for which you must interview the head of household or his or her representative directly, in order to obtain the information sought (characteristics of the dwelling, deaths that occurred in the last 12 months in the household).
Note: Issues relating to characteristics of the dwelling and deaths during the last 12 months are not relevant in the case of collective households.


6.3.1- Features and amenities of the dwelling of an ordinary household
The questions about housing pertain to the characteristics and amenities of the household's dwelling, or of its primary dwelling, in the event that the household occupies several buildings for residential use. However, in regard to the number of rooms available or occupied by the household, all residential rooms located in the building or buildings occupied by the household for residential use are to be taken into account.

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For each question, circle the code that matches the correct answer. For questions involving numbers, legibly write the numbers declared by the head of household in the appropriate grids.

Note: Details must be provided when the "Other, specify" option is selected. In cases where the answer to a question is visible (Questions 39, 41, 42), do not ask the question.

Question 39: Type of construction
Look carefully at the characteristics of the head of household's dwelling (the main dwelling) and enter the category that best fits the type of dwelling in front of you:

Note that:

Question 40a: Total number of available rooms in household
The available rooms in a household are the number of rooms available to the household, with the exception of kitchens and bathrooms. In the event that a household occupies several buildings for its dwelling, it is the sum of all the rooms in these buildings that are used for the household dwelling that must be indicated.
Ask the question: "What is the total number of available rooms in your household?" Enter the number in the coding grid.

Question 40b: Total number of rooms occupied for sleeping
The number of occupied rooms in a household is the number of rooms the household uses for sleeping. In the event that a household occupies several buildings for its dwelling, you must count all the rooms in these buildings that are used for sleeping.
Ask the question: "How many rooms are used for sleeping in your household?" Enter the number in the coding grid.

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Question 41: Nature of the walls
Ask the question: "What materials are the walls of your dwelling made of?" Provide guidance to the respondent by showing him or her the range of possible answers. Then, based on the response, circle one of the following codes:

Question 42: Nature of the roof
Ask the question: "What material is the roof of your dwelling made of?" Provide guidance to the respondent by showing him or her the range of possible answers. Based on the response, circle one of the following codes:

Question 43: Nature of the floors
Ask the question: "What material is the flooring of your dwelling made of?" Provide guidance to the respondent by showing him or her the range of possible answers. Based on the response, and giving priority to the dominant material, circle one of the following codes:

Question 44: Characteristics of the toilet facilities
The WC is a toilet facility with a sanitary installation: a bowl or seat and flush. A facility that has only a bowl is considered a WC.

Latrines are basic toilet facilities (excluding any sanitary installation).
Ask the question: What kind of toilet facility do you have? or: Describe your toilet facility. Following the description, if a WC or latrine is present, ask: Where is it located? Depending on the answer given, circle the correct answer:

Question 45: Source of water supply
Ask the following question: "Where do you get the drinking water for your household?" Circle the code that matches the correct answer.

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Question 46: Lighting method
Ask the head of household: "What lighting method does your household usually use?" or "What is your lighting source?" Circle the code that matches the correct answer.

Question 47: Cooking method
Ask the question: "What do you generally use as fuel to cook your meals?" Circle the code that matches the correct answer.

Question 48: Mode of household waste disposal
Ask the question, "How do you dispose of your household waste?" Circle the code that matches the correct answer.

Question 49: Mode of waste water disposal
Ask the question, "Where do you dispose of your waste water?" Based on the answer given, circle the corresponding code:

Question 50: Household appliances.
Ask the question, "Do you own a radio? a refrigerator? a phone? a working television?" and circle the code corresponding to the affirmative ("yes") responses. If the household has several appliances, for example, circle the codes corresponding to each of these appliances, as applicable. Only those appliance that are in working order are to be taken into account.

Note: If the head of the household has no such appliances, but any other member of the household does own some, enter the corresponding number.

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Question 51: Residence occupation status
Ask the following question: "Are you renting this house?"

Circle the code for the correct answer.

2- If "no," ask, "Are you the owner?"
2.1- If "yes," ask, "Are you paying back a loan on the dwelling?"

2.2 - If the answer to the question, "Are you a homeowner?" is "no," ask, "Are you (according to codes)

2.3- If none of the previous situations apply to this household, circle code 7 = Another case to be clarified.

Question 52: Amount of monthly rent
This question must be asked only of tenants and term owners: if the answer to Question 51 = 2, 3, or 6.
Ask, "How much do you pay in rent per month?" Enter the amount in CFA francs in the field reserved for this purpose.

Example: For rent of XOF 25,000 per month, enter [example omitted.]
For non-renting households, leave the coding grid blank.

Note: For a household that occupies multiple dwellings, the monthly rent amount for this household is the total monthly cost of the dwellings.
If several households occupy a dwelling, the monthly rent for one household is the portion it pays.

6.3.2 Deaths in the household during the last 12 months
This question deals with residents of the household who have died during the last twelve months, regardless of the place of death or burial. For example: An individual who resided in Abidjan and who, while ill, was transferred to the village for treatment and died there, should not be taken into account as a member of the household in the village, but in his/her household in Abidjan.

The "deaths during the last 12 months" are a special component of the questionnaire, as it deals with a different type of data aimed at identifying household members who have died during the last twelve months.

A great deal of tact and patience is required, as these are painful events for members of the household. However, you must make every effort to ensure that the head of household informs you of all deaths recorded in his/her household during the last 12 months. You must also remember that the period of the last 12 months is calculated from the date of your visit to the household. Therefore, you must provide the correct time references to the head of household.

Ask the question: "Have there been any deaths in your household since November 1997 through today?"

Note: You must enter the deaths that have occurred in the household in the last 12 months prior to the date of your visit.

For example, if you were to visit a household on November 30, 1998, you would record the deaths during the last 12 months dating back to November 30, 1997. An interviewer visiting another household on November 21, 1998, would record the deaths dating back to November 21, 1997, etc.

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6.3.3- Data pertaining to results of the count
Once you have counted all the people to be accounted for in the household, record your observations regarding the household count in the "observations" section reserved for this purpose (on the last page of the questionnaire).

Before you file the household questionnaire(s), complete the data on the first page:

By sheet, we mean the completed household questionnaire. Following the order in which the questionnaires in a given household were completed, assign each of them a number and enter it in the corresponding box.

Note: Once the size of a household exceeds 8 people, another household questionnaire sheet is required. On the first page of the supplementary sheet, you must copy all of the household identification information that appears on the first page of the previous sheet. The sheet number will be 2, 3, 4, etc.

Example: Sheet numbering for 2 sheets: 1st sheet 1/2, 2nd sheet 2/2
Total number of sheets: 2. In the corresponding box on the first page of each sheet, enter the total number of sheets used for the household surveyed.

Summary table
The summary table located on the first page of the questionnaire is a summary of the count conducted in the household. Here, it is asked that you quickly and accurately report the numbers from the following two variables on the questionnaire: sex (Column 17) and residence status (Column 15).
How to complete the summary table

[Example of a completed summary table omitted.]

Once you have completed this count, verify that the total number of people in the household matches the sequential number of the last person recorded on the questionnaire (Column 14). Also verify that the number of residents that appears on the summary table (bottom line, column 3) matches variable 12 (number of residents in the household) and that the total number of people counted (bottom line, column 5) matches variable 13 (number of people counted in the household).

If a household is large, i.e., it has more than 8 people, then two, three, four or more household questionnaires can be completed. In this case, all questionnaires must include the relevant household identification information. However, the summary table is completed only on questionnaire no. 1. Similarly, all information regarding the characteristics of the household's dwelling and the deaths in the past 12 months is to be listed only on questionnaire no. 1.

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Chapter VII - Technical enumeration control activities
Effective technical control procedures in support of the count are essential in ensuring the quality of the information collected. This is why the role of the team leader is just as vital to the success of the census as the work of the census takers, with whom they must form a cohesive team in the field. Team leaders and census takers alike are urged to read the following paragraphs very carefully so that they will be able to use some quick, simple tests to judge the quality of the data collected

7.1- Team leader's enumeration completeness check
One of the essential elements of a population census is the comprehensive count, free of omissions and duplications, of the population of a given region, country, or territory: The total count of the census population is the primary statistical indicator provided by the population census. The purpose of testing the exhaustiveness of the count is to ensure that all the inhabited areas in the census zone have been effectively surveyed and recorded without omission or duplication, and that all ordinary and collective households living in each of these inhabited areas were also recorded without omission or duplication.
The monitoring of census completeness begins as early as the counting zone (districts and census areas) survey phase. In principle, for purposes of dividing the national territory into counting zones, the sub-prefecture or the commune has been chosen as a basic administrative territorial unit. At this level, there is no omission possible: All these administrative units have been explored by the mapping teams.

Of course, maps of sub-prefectures or communes, updated at this time, may contain errors: omission of neighborhoods, villages, hamlets, camps, or blocks; poor positioning of certain localities on the map; errors in toponymy, etc. You must take care at all times to identify any such errors and correct the map that has been given to you accordingly. This will make it possible to carry out a comprehensive inventory of all the villages, hamlets, camps, and neighborhoods in the country.

Using previous results as a guide, you must now ensure that, in every village, hamlet, or neighborhood, all the buildings and dwellings in which households (whether ordinary or collective) live have been inventoried and bear an identification number. To do this, check the building identification and numbering forms held by the census taker, and then check that both the buildings and the households are numbered, without omission or repetition.

Then, as soon as you can, travel throughout the neighborhood or village to see the result of the numbering of buildings, verifying in particular that all buildings and dwellings bear a specific mark from the RGPH-98: an identification number for all buildings, dwellings, and households (ordinary or collective). Buildings under construction, attics, shops, and offices are not numbered as dwellings. It is also necessary to compare the data on the numbering forms with those on the buildings and dwellings themselves.

In addition, you must verify that the census taker did not assign multiple household numbers to a single household in cases where the household occupies several dwellings, and conversely, that the census taker did not assign the same household number to several households occupying the same dwelling. To do this, choose some numbers in the CD and compare them to those on the census taker's form. If, after comparison, you deem the numbering accurate, copy the contents of the census taker's form into the workbook for the Census District. If it turns out that some of the numbers in the CD do not appear or do not match those on the agent's numbering form, ask for an explanation and return to the CD to make the necessary corrections.

The team leader must consistently ensure that the census takers' numbering forms are completed as the work progresses. This form must be filled in accurately and legibly. Tt will be very useful to you in verifying the exhaustiveness of the census takers' work. That is why a copy of the numbering form is provided in the Census District Workbook.

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In the event that a CD consists of one or more villages with associated camps, check that all identified households have been counted. Any locality not included in the maps and found during the census sector survey must be recorded. If it is a camp, assign the last camp number for the locality to it.

Example: The village of Anzouah has 306 camps. The last camp number is 5325, assigned to Ozolia, so the newly discovered camp, Paulkro, will bear the number 5326.

Do not assign the same number to two camps in the same locality. If it is a village, ask the census taker to observe the name of the village. You must report these cases to the controller and note them in your activity report.

In the case of a camp set up in a village, have the work done according to the standard procedures and report the case to the controller.

One day before the end of the count, if a household is still absent, ask the census taker to contact the neighbors in order to gather information about the household. In cases where no information is available, instruct the census taker to write the household identifiers on a questionnaire sheet and to note that the household is absent.

If census taker tells you that a building has been vacated by its inhabitants, verify this for yourself, then replace the letter H (inhabited) with the letter V (vacant or uninhabited) in the initial number. The census taker must consistently check the accuracy of the information previously recorded on the numbering forms in comparison with the information collected during the count itself.

Similarly, the team leader must take care to write in his/her workbook the number of households and inhabited buildings identified, as well as the range of household numbers in the locality or neighborhood. This information will be useful to you when it comes time to check the questionnaires, ensuring that all previously identified households have been actually identified and that you have received all the completed household questionnaires.

At the end of the counting operations, you must file all of the household questionnaires by block, in ascending number order. Following a comparison with the data on the building, dwelling, and household identification and numbering forms, this should allow you to ensure that the households in the CD have been identified and that all the questionnaires completed for this purpose are accounted for. You must also make sure, in the case of households with more than 8 people, that the number of questionnaires used in the household indeed matches the number shown on the first page.

7.2- Internal verification of the household questionnaire
Internal verification of the household questionnaire is completed with a focus on compliance, internal coherence, and the plausibility of the data collected by the census taker. Examining the different variables page by page is a simple way to provide all the necessary instructions on how to perform these different types of controls. This type of control is a fundamental task for the team leader because it has a positive effect on the work of the Census Takers. This control must be performed intensively throughout the count in order to detect errors and correct them in time. As a result, this type of control must be regular, thorough, and efficient. During the first five days of data collection, it must be systematic, so as to properly impart to the Census Taker what to do and what not to do, thus guiding him or her toward the capacity to conduct this type of preliminary verification independently.

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7.2.1- Special instructions to the team leader
Check the questionnaires daily so you don't get overwhelmed by the volume of work towards the end of the count. This control requires good organization on your part. Do not mix up the questionnaires from different CDs. When you start checking the questionnaires from one CD, finish before moving on to the questionnaires from another CD.

When a variable is not filled in, ask the census taker to return to the household to make the necessary corrections. This will apply, for example, to an omitted response on variables such as sex, date of birth or age, place of birth, current occupation, etc., or when the information collected is incomplete or illegible.
To complete this control procedure efficiently, you must fully absorb the contents of this manual, which is the basic reference document. You need to be fully familiar with the questionnaire so as to detect errors and inconsistencies quickly.

When questionnaires must be sent back to the field, make your observations on detached sheets of paper slipped into these questionnaires. In your workbook, note the block number and the household number, as well as errors or omissions to be corrected, and return these questionnaires to the census taker. Be sure to open a file per block or camp for each of your census takers. This file will include two folders: one containing questionnaires requiring corrections or even return visits to the field, and the other containing questionnaires to be filed.

7.2.2- Different types of internal controls

7.2.2.1- Completeness and Compliance Control
This is a matter of ensuring that a response was given for each of the variables on the questionnaire, then verifying that each of the responses was collected in accordance with the instructions related to it, in particular that the answers given in words are written legibly (in block letters). These are: geographical identification variables, full name (surname and given names), place of birth, place of residence in November 1997, nationality or ethnicity, vocational training, current occupation, industry, and secondary occupation.
[Example omitted.]

Completeness and compliance checks also apply to verification that the proper elements of the questionnaire are applied to those surveyed, as not all questions should be asked of every individual in the household. It is therefore necessary to ensure that, for each member of the household, information has been collected on all the questions that must be asked given his or her characteristics (residence status, age, sex, and type of activity).

Example: For an individual declared as a visitor in Column 15, make sure that Columns 16 to 20 are completed and that Column 21 and the columns that follow, which do not pertain to him, are marked with a slash.
For a male individual who is a resident, make sure that Columns 14 to 35 are completed and that columns 36 to 38 are marked with a slash.
For a female individual who is a resident, over 12 years of age, and a homemaker, make sure that Columns 14 to 29 and 34 to 38 are completed and that Columns 30 to 33 are marked "not applicable."

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7.2.2.2- Consistency control for data pertaining to the same individual
In some cases, it is possible, or even necessary, to verify the consistency of the data collected on one individual. For example, the age of a student may be compared with the last class in which he or she was enrolled: A ten-year-old child cannot be in a class above CM2. A housewife (a woman who has declared herself as such) cannot engage in a secondary occupation; likewise, any people who have declared themselves to be looking for their first job or to be unemployed cannot engage in secondary occupation.

7.2.2.3- Consistency control for data pertaining to multiple individuals in the same household
If the head of household states that he or she is unmarried, there cannot be another person in that household of the opposite sex declared spouse of the head of household.

These are some typical examples of elements to check when evaluating the consistency of data relating to several individuals living in the same household.

7.3- Guidelines to the census taker for independent evaluation of the household questionnaire

7.3.1- Transcribing responses
After the day's work, before filing and storing completed questionnaires, do a consistency and plausibility check, consisting of a critical, thorough, detailed examination of one questionnaire at a time, page by page.
First, check that all questions have been answered and that all the entries are legible. An illegible entry is considered an omission because it is unusable. You must correct it. All entries are made in block text (all capital letters); pre-coded responses must be circled clearly.

[Example of completion of questions 14 and 15 omitted.]

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7.3.2- Identification features
On the first page of the questionnaire, check that:

Note: In the case of a household in which all members are visitors, the head of household is a visitor. This is the case for a family on vacation or a businessperson traveling with family members.

Questions about the dwelling:

Make sure that only one response is circled for questions: 39 through 49 and 51. For question 50, several answers may be circled. Check the consistency of the answers circled:

Questions about mortality:

When the "NO" box is checked for question 53, the entire table below (surname and given names, sex, age at death) is "not applicable"; draw a slash through it.

[Chapters 8 and 9 are omitted.]

Additional note on completion of the "building, dwelling, and household numbering form

1) - The concept of farming

2) - How do I complete Column (9) on the sheet?

3) - How do I complete Column (10)?

4) - How do I complete Column (11) on the sheet?