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5. Legal residence (as written on the identification card)

[] 9 In the locality where the person is enumerated

___ In another locality in the country
_ _ _ _ _ _ Municipality/town/commune
Has this person permanently left the household which is listed as their legal residence on theirs identification card:
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

_ _ In another country

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The legal residence (recorded on the identification card) -- item 5

52. The legal residence of a person is the address written on the identification card by the population evidence authorities.

For the children below 14years of age the residence of the child will be considered that of the parents, (or of those who are taking care of them)

For the children on the family -- type care, on placement with substitute family, the legal residence will be considered that of the family who takes care of these children and not that place from residence he is coming.

Will be not considered as legal residence the registered address by the police as residence (the police floating visa).

The way of recording:

-- the mark x will be written for code 9 -- for the persons having the same address for legal residence as the locality of census enumeration unit;
-- on the line in the other locality -- county name, municipality/town/ or commune registered on the identification card of the enumerated person, will be recorded for persons having different legal residence, in place other than the locality of the enumeration census unit.

The name of the county and of the municipality/town/commune will be written legibly, without abbreviations, on the basis of the enumerated person's statements. It is emphasized that the county registration and the municipality/town/commune registration will be done in accordance with the actual territorial-administrative division.

The locality coding (municipality/town/commune) will be done by each chief enumerator, according to the "Classification List of the territorial administrative units of Romania".

For the persons having the legal residence in Bucharest, but enumerated on other localities, on the space indicating the county's name will be written Bucharest, and on the space provided for municipality/town/commune will be recorded the district number in Bucharest, where the enumerated has the legal residence.

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For the persons having the legal residence in other place (locality) than the locality where they are enumerated, will be asked whether these persons have left for good the housing unit where the legal residence is registered on the identification card, (code 1- Yes or code 2 -- No).

-- the mark x will be written on the box corresponding to YES (code 1) -- for persons who left for good the household where the legal residence is registered on the identification card. These persons are considered as arrived definitively on the locality where they were enumerated.
-- the mark x will be written on the box corresponding to NO (code 2) -- for the persons who didn't leave for good the household where the legal residence is registered on the identification card. These persons are considered as persons who have arrived for a longer period of time in the enumeration place.

The persons who arrived for a longer period of time are fulfilling the following conditions:

-- they arrived in the enumeration place for a period longer than 6 months (for working, for studying, etc.);
-- they haven't left for good the locality where they have the legal residence registered on the identification card;
-- they have the legal residence in place, other than the locality where they are enumerated.

These persons may appear on chapter IV of the PL form, of the household of the census enumeration locality, where they arrived for a longer period of time, as present or temporarily absent.

-- for the persons having the legal residence in another country -- on the space designated for the country's name, the country's coding will be done by the enumerator, after he is finished with the field works, according to the "Code list of countries" (paragraph 125)