26 May 2011

2011 Census


So... I got picked for the Census 2011 random household samples, supposedly only 10% of the whole population, to give detail information about my nationality, religion, marital status, immigration to Germany, schooling and employment histories, and my current occupation. I'm not allowed to decline this honor, otherwise I'd get fined (up to 5000€ according to some websites). The census guy will come this saturday morning at 9:30. I could either
  1. fill in the formular with his help
  2. get the formular from him and say bye-bye, fill it by myself and then send it per post, or
  3. fill in the formular online on the website
I think I'm going to do (b), no point in making it easier for them to digitalize the data. Except that they probably have something like Louis' new printer.
 
You probably wonder, why the census is only taking 10% of the whole population into account. But that's not true. The random household sample is 10% of the population plus any adults living in the same house/flats/whatever as those respondents. Then there's also the formulars for houses/flats owners/firms and administrators, the ones for dorms and community accommodations, ones for the particular areas like jailhouses, hospices and refugees' camps. Overall it'd be about 30% of the population surveyed.
 
Moreover, they're taking the data from the resident registrations and the state-run employment agencies, which weren't interconnected before.
 
More readings (they're all in German):
Argh, enough of that sh*t.
Anyway, any of you got picked for that random household sample?

2 comments:

Not Louis said...

Aaa, why do I come here and find details about my life published...

elvy said...

oops! :D