Section 2: Characteristics
[All persons]
11. Usual residence
a) Local or foreign:
[] This household
[] Elsewhere in country
[] Abroad
[] Not stated
b) Parish in Jamaica:
[] Saint Elizabeth
[] Manchester
[] Clarendon
[] Saint Catherine
[] Kingston
[] Saint Andrew
[] Saint Thomas
[] Portland
[] Saint Mary
[] Saint Ann
[] Trelawney
[] Saint James
[] Hanover
[] Westmoreland
[] Not stated
3.14 Usual residence
In most cases, Usual Place of Residence means the place the person being enumerated would name in reply to the question "Where do you live?" Note the following cases, however.
(i) For persons with more than one home, usual residence will be the one at which the person spends the greater part of the year. Thus, in the case of an individual who has more than one place of residence because his workplace or school is away from home, the usual residence should be that place, be it a boarding school, other residence or lodging in which at least four nights of the week on average are usually spent.
(ii) Fishermen - Fishermen away at sea are considered to have their usual place of residence in the dwelling where they live when ashore.
(iii) Seamen or crew members on a vessel which plies between Jamaica and some foreign port are considered to reside on the vessel rather than at their homes.
(iv) Air pilots are considered to have their usual place of residence in the household if they usually spend most of their off duty periods in Jamaica and they live in that dwelling for most of the time.
If you are told in the course of enumeration that a household member was at one of the following types of institutions on Census Night, "Usual residence" will be at the institution and not in the dwelling unit.
(i) Correctional Institutions,
(ii) Mental Institutions,
(iii) Homes for children, the aged, infirm, or needy,
(iv) Residential Schools and Homes for the Blind and Deaf.
(v) Tuberculosis Sanatoria, Homes for Incurables, Lepers' Homes, Cancer Hospitals, and other Hospitals for Chronic Ailments.
(vi) Convents and Monasteries, Boarding Schools, and College and University residences.
(vii) Military Camps, Police Training Schools and Barracks.
Usual residence will be at the home of the individual, however, if he or she on Census Night was in a Public General Hospital, Maternity Hospital, Hotel or Guest House, or Nursing Home. Detailed treatment of these is given in Part 6.
Section 2 - Characteristics
5.20 General
Question 7 to 14, which comprise Section 2, provide some basic characteristics about the individual and are to be answered for all members of the population except those exempted as special cases. Special Cases are always handled by Special Census Takers and instructions for identifying and handling these Special Cases are given in Part 6.
5.25 Question 11 - Usual Residence - (a) Local or Foreign, (b) Parish in Jamaica
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This question, which is required for all persons except those enumerated as special cases, should be asked thus:
(a) If Respondent: "Do you live in this dwelling, by that I mean, do you reside here all or most of the time?"
(b) If other household member or visitor: "Does (name of individual) live in this dwelling, by that I mean, does (name of individual) reside here all or most of the time?"
If the answer is "Yes" then score the answer at 11 (a) - This Household. When usual residence is not in the dwelling but elsewhere in Country, you will score against 11 (a) - "Elsewhere in Jamaica".
If the answer is "No", then you will have to apply the instructions, given to you at paragraph 3.14 concerning the definition of usual residence.
When usual residence is not in the dwelling, but elsewhere in Jamaica, you will first score against 11 (a) - Elsewhere in Country. For 11 (b) you will have to find out the parish in which the individual being enumerated usually resides. It may be the same parish in which you are working or it could be in another parish.
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Score the appropriate parish.
When the usual residence is outside of Jamaica then you will score at 11 (a) - Abroad. You will not score anything against 11 (b) - Parish in Jamaica.