Appendix 1: Gender-Relevant Issues in 2005-2014 Census Forms
Clarifications
Numbers refer to the number of alternatives that can be selected (sometimes involving more than one question), e.g. 2 means that the question has an answer such as yes/no, male/female, etc. The plus sign (+) is used for questions that have open-ended answers. A number followed by a plus sign indicates a certain number of precoded categories plus an open-ended answer.
Fertility/Mortality
Children Ever Born Alive, Surviving and Born During Last 12 Months: S indicates differentiation by sex and D indicates that the criterion was the date of birth of the last born child. B means that both the date of birth of the last child and the number of children born during the past 12 months were asked.
Marital status: P after the number of categories indicates that polygamous unions can be identified; C means that informal/consensual unions can be identified.
Date/Age at first marriage: D = Date, A = Age
Household/Dwelling
Criteria for selection of head of household: N = None specified
A = Authority / decision-making criterion
H = Person who owns home or pays rent
R = Randomly assigned reference person
M = multiple headship considered as a possibility
Relationship to head of household: D after the number of categories indicates that the categorization makes it possible to identify domestic servants and their families.
Father/mother live in household and also Orphanhood question: F = father, M = mother; fm = either;
FM = both mother and father
In the case of construction materials, the number refers to the number of items that ask about materials used: external walls, floor, roof, etc. In the case of personal income, the number refers to the number of sources that can be identified.
Depending on the way the question is asked in different countries, consumer durables may include:
Air conditioner Generator Secondary residence
Bicycle Insurance (home) Sink with piped water
Boat Internet connection Solar collector
Cable Microwave oven Solar water heater
Canoe Motor cycle Stereo set
Cell/mobile phone Motor vehicle Stove
Computer Mower Television
Cuisinière Outboard motor Toaster oven
Daily newspaper Oven (conventional) VCR
Dish washer Parabolic antenna Washing machine
DVD player Radio Water heater (electrical)
Fixed telephone Refrigerator/ freezer Water tank
Income/Poverty
An R after the number of sources for which an amount of personal income was declared indicates that one of the specific sources declared was Remittances.
Disability
The numbers listed here are equal to the number of disability topics addressed by the questionnaire times the number of alternatives given for each topic (minimum of 2, i.e. does/does not have the particular disability).
ISO codes for the countries in the table
ABW Aruba GUM Guam NPL Nepal
ALB Albania HKG Hong Kong NZL New Zealand
ARE United Arab Emirates HRV Croatia PER Peru
ARG Argentina HUN Hungary PHL Philippines
ASM American Samoa IDN Indonesia PLW Palau
AUS Australia IMN Isle of Man PRK Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea
AZE Azerbaijan IND India PSE Occ. Palestinian Territories
BDI Burundi IRL Ireland PYF French Polynesia
BFA Burkina Faso IRN Iran QAT Qatar
BGD Bangladesh ISR Israel REU Reunion
BGR Bulgaria JAM Jamaica ROM Romania
BHS Bahamas JOR Jordan RUS Russia
BLR Belarus JPN Japan SAU Saudi Arabia
BMU Bermuda KAZ Kazakhstan SDN Sudan
BRA Brazil KEN Kenya SGP Singapore
BRB Barbados KHM Cambodia SLB Solomon Islands
BTN Bhutan KIR Kiribati SLV El Salvador
BWA Botswana KOR Korea, Republic of SRB Serbia
CAN Canada LAO Lao People’s Dem. Rep. SWZ Swaziland
CHE Switzerland LBR Liberia SYC Seychelles
CHN China LCA St. Lucia TGO Togo
COG Congo LSO Lesotho THA Thailand
COK Cook Islands MAC Macao TJK Tajikistan
COL Colombia MDV Maldives TKL Tokelau
CPV Cape Verde MEX Mexico TLS Timor Leste
CRI Costa Rica MLI Mali TON Tonga
CYM Cayman Islands MLT Malta TTO Trinidad & Tobago
CYP Cyprus MNE Montenegro TUR Turkey
CZE Czech Republic MNG Mongolia UKM United Kingdom
DEU Germany MNP N. Mariana Islands USA United States of America
DJI Djibouti MOZ Mozambique VEN Venezuela
DOM Dominican Republic MTQ Martinique VIR US Virgin Islands
DZA Algeria MUS Mauritius VNM Viet Nam
ECU Ecuador MWI Malawi VUT Vanuatu
EGY Egypt MYT Mayotte WLF Wallis and Futuna
ETH Ethiopia NCL New Caledonia WSM Samoa
FJI Fiji NFK Norfolk Island ZAF South Africa
FRA France NGA Nigeria ZMB Zambia
GHA Ghana NIC Nicaragua
GNB Guinea Bissau NIU Niue
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Questionnaire Items
|
ALB
|
DZA
|
ASM
|
ARG
|
ABW
|
AUS
|
AZE
|
BHS
|
Fertility/ Mortality
|
1. Children Ever Born Alive (by sex)
2. Children Surviving (by sex)
3. Ch. Born in 12 Months / Date of Last (by sex)
4. Maternal/paternal orphanhood
5. Number of persons deceased in household
6. Sex of deceased
7. Month/year of birth or age of deceased
8. Month/year of death of deceased
9. Relation to pregnancy
|
+
+
|
+S
+S
+S
+
2
+
+
+
|
|
+
+
D
|
+S
D
|
+
|
+
+
|
+
+
+
|
MS
|
10. Date of / Age at first marriage
11. Marital status
|
5
|
D
4
|
5
|
6
|
4C
|
5
|
A
6C
|
9C
|
Household / Dwelling
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12. Criterion for headship selection
13. Relationship to head of household
14. Father/mother lives in household
15. Grandchildren living in home / cared for
16. No. of items asking for construction materials
17. Presence of kitchen inside the home
18. Source of heating for cooking
19. Origin of water consumed in household
20. Status of occupation of home
|
R
16
F
5
5
|
N
?
2
3
5
4
|
H
14
2
3
2
6
6
8
|
N
9D
5
3
7
6
7
|
H
FM
2
5
5
8
|
N
6+
5+
|
N
11
1
|
N
16D
2
7+
5+
|
Inc. / Poverty
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21. Presence of consumer durables
22. Health insurance coverage
23. Receiving social security payments
24. Amount of personal income (no. of sources)
25. No. of sources of pers. income without amounts
26. Only amount or sources of household income
27. Personal ownership of assets
|
16
7R
|
11
|
8
8
+
10R
|
4
5
4
|
9
2
1
7+
|
2
1
|
4
11
|
9
10R
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Educ
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28. Literacy
29. School attendance and grade or level
30. Last grade or level attended/completed
31. Ability to speak national language
|
2
+
11
|
+
+
+
2
|
14
14
|
2
9
9
|
12
12
|
2
6
4
|
2
10
11
|
4
22
|
Work / Economic Activities
|
32. Business use of the dwelling
33. Care-taking of dependent children
34. Care-taking of disabled/sick household members
35. Currently working or employed
36. Reasons for not working
37. Any work done for pay
38. Disposition / availability to work
39. Looking for work
40. Main occupation
41. Main activity within occupation
42. Hours per week worked
43. Status in employment
44. Institutional sector
45. Sector of activity / Industry
46. Contribution to social security
|
5
8
2
+
+
4
|
7
2
2
+
6
3
+
|
2
3
4
3
2
+
+
+
7
+
|
2
2
2
+
4
4
+
3
|
2
8
2
6
2
2
+
+
+
10
8
+
|
3
2
5
4
3
+
+
+
2
2
9+
|
2
4
13
11
|
8
9+
+
6
6+
+
|
Migration
|
47. Place of birth
48. Residence at fixed time in the past
49. Citizenship
50. Number of persons living abroad
51. Sex of departed
52. Age at time of departure or at present
|
+
+
+
+
2
+
|
+
+
+
+
2
+
|
+
+
6
|
+
+
8
|
8
9
8
|
7+
+
2
|
+
?
+
|
+
+
+
+
2
+
|
Disability
|
53. Difficulty hearing / seeing
54. Difficulty understanding / concentrating
55. Dif. of motion/dressing/bathing/doing errands
56. Other kinds of disability
57. Generic disability question
58. Does the person need help in performing tasks ?
|
8
8
8
|
|
4
2
8
|
4
2
4
|
8
8
8
7+
9
|
9
|
|
|
Misc.
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59. Ethnicity or race
60. Religion
61. Language spoken at home
62. Means of transportation to work or school
|
+
+
12
|
+
6
|
+
+
9
|
|
9
7
|
3+
9+
7+
|
|
8+
+
7+
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