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Residents
[Questions 1A- 3 were asked of household residents.]

2.Write down the relationship of each person to the head of the household/family.

Wife, son, daughter, adopted son, etc.: ____

Visitors last night
[Questions 1B- 3 were asked of all visitors to the household.]

Village interview: exclude those from other villages.

2. Write down the relationship of each person to the head of the household/family.

Wife, son, daughter, adopted son, etc.: ____

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Section 6 - The census questions

Parts A and B - Urban and RNVs - Questions 1 to 5
Your job as an interviewer to find out and write down on the census form the names of

(i) All people who usually live at the dwelling. Make sure you probe for any old people living in the dwelling (grandparents etc.), any young babies, any adopted children.
(ii) Any people who are visiting the dwelling. This could be people who are only staying a few days; on the other hand they may have been there a few months already.
Note: For the census we do not wish to define a visitor. If a person says he is a visitor, put him/her in the visitors section.
(iii) Any people who slept at the dwelling the night before you are interviewing there

You write down the names of these people in the answer boxes for Ql.

Question 2

What is your relationship to the head of this household?

Give the relationship of children living in the household back to the mother.
Give the relationship of adults in the household back to the head of the household.

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Use the following abbreviations

Wife= W
Son = S
Daughter= D
Adopted son=A/S
Adopted daughter= A/D
Mother = M
Father= F
Brother = B
Sister= SIS
Relative= REL
Friend or any non-relative= FR

We are trying to tell the difference between related and unrelated members of the house. If a person is not related to the head simply put 'friend' (FR). If he is a true brother put brother.
If you have a large family or a large number of visitors you will have to go to a second page. This is explained in Section 7 on page

Part C - Rural Villages

Questions 1 to 5

Question 2

What is your relationship to the head of this household?

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You will usually copy down relationships from the Family Record Card.
You must always check that the relationships written on the Family Record Card are correct. e.g. 'Is Mary your daughter?'

01 is always the Head. This has already been printed on each Census Form.
Every Household must have a Head. If there is no man or husband you must choose someone to be the Head of the Household.
For example, a widow living with her unmarried children can be the Head of the Household.
The people in a household are related to each other by using their person numbers and the abbreviations listed below.
02 is usually the Wife of the Head. This is written as W of 01.
Children should always be related to their mother. Their relationships will usually be written as S of 02 or D or 02.
Always ask if any of the children in a Household are adopted.
If one parent is dead or is living somewhere else the children are related only to the living or present parent.
If a man has more than one wife you must relate the children to their correct mother.
If you have problems giving relationship to the head give relationship to another member of the household. For example, sons or daughter of a visitor can be given as son of the visitors i.e. S of 08, etc.
If you have a large family you will have to continue on a second page. There is a special way to show how the people on the second page are related to the people on the first page. This is explained in detail in Section 7 on page number 1.
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Use the following abbreviations

Wife= W
Son= S
Daughter= D
Adopted son= A/S
Adopted daughter= A/D
Mother= M
Father= F
Brother= B
Sister= SIS
Relative= REL
Friend or any non-relative= FR