Appendix A: PES questionnaire

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Did anyone from Census ’96 visit this household some time during the period 10 to 31 October 1996 to count all the people living here and to ask questions about the household, or else to leave a questionnaire for you to complete? Yes 1 No 2
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY:

Was a census household questionnaire found?

Yes 1 No 2
ENUMERATOR: ENTER THE DETAILS OF EACH PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD IN THE COLUMNS BELOW, ONE PERSON PER COLUMN, BY GOING THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH PERSON
 

Person 1

(Person 2 to Person 9 similarly)
Please indicate the first NAME or initials of each person who was present in the household last night.    
Is this person male or female?

1 = Male

2 = Female

1

2

 
What is this person’s date of birth?

Or age in years OR nearest estimate?

D D M M Y Y

……………..YEARS

 
How would this person describe him/herself?

1 = African

2 = Coloured

3 = Indian

4 = White

1

2

3

4

 
Which language does the person speak most often at home?    
What is the person’s present marital status?

1 = Never married

2 = Married: Civil/religious

3 = Married: Traditional/customary

4 = Living together (with partner)

5 = Widow/widower

6 = Divorced/separated

1

2

3

4

5

6

 
What was the highest school class/standard that the person has completed?    
Is this dwelling (house, room, shack) the place where the person usually lives, i.e. where the person spends at least four nights a week?

1 = Yes

2 = No

 

1

2

 
Where was the person on Census night (the night of 9-10 October 1996)?

1 = In this household

2 = Elsewhere

3 = Do not know

 

1

2

3

 
Was the person counted in the Census?

1 = Yes: in this household

2 = Yes: somewhere else

3 = No

4 = Do not know

1

2

3

4

 
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY:

Was the person included on the census questionnaire?

1 = Yes

2 = No

 

1

2

 
Are there any other persons who were here (in this household) on Census night (the night of 9-10 October 1996), but who were not here last night? Yes 1 No 2
If yes: How many such people are we talking about? Number of people:
Please give some details about this person (these persons) – Go to the next column in the above table. Enter the details of each such person.

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