[Questions 4-14 were asked of all persons who stayed in the residence last night.]

10. In which province and district (sub-province) were you born?

Section 6 - The census questions

Urban RNVs and rural villages

Question 10

In all cases give the Province and District of birth. If the person was born here give this province and district. If the person was born elsewhere give that province and district.
If born outside Papua New Guinea give the country of birth only in the space for Province.

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C.G. stands for Community Governments. These are established in East New Britain and North Solomons Provinces only.

If people come from these provinces, ask them in which Community Government area they were born in, instead of the District (Sub-Province). If they don't know this ask for the old District's name. They may know this. These are:

A list of provinces and districts is given in the front of the Notable Events Books. Use this if you are not clear on a District or in which District a patrol post is situated.
If a mother went to another town or to a district and gave birth to a baby and returned soon after the birth to her own place where she had been living permanently, write that the child was born in the mother's permanent town or District. We ignore this short visit to hospital.

[The rural and urban census forms are identical for questions 1-17. Questions 1-17 are provided here in detail under the rural census form, and omitted in the urban census form.]

8. Ever lived outside of this district

Only for persons answering "Yes" in question 8.
[Questions 9-11 were asked of persons who ever lived outside of this district, per question 8.]

11. Place of birth

For all persons
[Questions 1-10 were asked of all persons.]

8. Where was the person born?

Questions on Migration
The next set of questions (Question 8-10) give information on movement of people from one place to another. Information on movement of people is useful to plan for people's needs such as health, education, and employment.

Question 8. Place of Birth

Q8. Where was the person born?
(Give country if born outside PNG)

Who to ask: Ask the head of the household or the person responding.

Get this information for: Every person in each household.

How to ask: Can you tell me where you were born, he/she was born?

How to record:
Make sure you record the names of the province and district in which the person's mother was living at the time of his/her birth.
If the person was born outside PNG, write the name of the country of birth in the space marked for Province, and leave District blank.
Do not write in the two boxes, as they are needed later for office use.

Note: The space for you to write names of province/district/country is limited so please write clearly and neatly.