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Online census question help

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Who lives here

Your address and people who live here

  1. Does anyone live at the address as their permanent or family home?
  2. What are the names of everyone who live at the address?
  3. Is this everyone for whom this is their permanent or family home?
  4. How many visitors are staying overnight at the address?
  5. How are the following people related to you?
  6. One year ago, what was your usual address?
  7. Enter details of your address one year ago
  8. Do you stay at another address for more than 30 days a year?
  9. Enter details of the other UK address where you stay for more than 30 days a year?
  10. What type of accommodation is this?
  11. Are you a student in full-time education?
  12. During term time, where do you usually live?
  13. Enter details of the UK address where you usually stay during term time

Household accommodation

About your accommodation

  1. What type of accommodation is the house?
  2. Which of the following is your house or bungalow?
  3. Are all the rooms in this accommodation, including the kitchen, bathroom and toilet, behind a door that only this household can use?
  4. How many bedrooms are available for use only by this household?
  5. What type of central heating does the address have?
  6. Does your household own or rent this accommodation?
  7. Who is your landlord?
  8. In total, how many cars or vans are owned, or available for use, by members of this household?

Individual questions

Name, sex, date of birth, and marital status

  1. Are you answering the questions on behalf of someone else?
  2. What is your name?
  3. What is your date of birth?
  4. What is your sex?
  5. What is your legal marital or registered civil partnership status?
  6. Who is your legal marriage to?
  7. Who is your registered civil partnership to?

Country of birth, passports and not born in the UK

  1. What is your country of birth?
  2. What passports do you hold?
  3. When did you most recently arrive to live in the United Kingdom?
  4. Did you arrive in the UK, on or after the census?
  5. Including time spent here, how long do you intend to stay in the United Kingdom?

Language and religion

  1. What is your main language?
  2. How well can you speak English?
  3. What is your religion?

Health and care

  1. How is your health in general?
  2. Do you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last 12 months or more?
  3. Do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce their ability to carry out day-to-day activities?
  4. Do you look after, or give any help or support to, anyone because they have long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age?

Sexual orientation and gender

  1. Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?
  2. Is your gender the same as the sex they were registered at birth?

National identity and ethnic group

  1. How would you describe your national identity?
  2. What is your ethnic group?
  3. Which one best describes your ethnic group or background?

Qualifications and full time education

  1. Have you completed an apprenticeship?
  2. Have you achieved a qualification at degree level or above?
  3. Have you achieved an NVQ or equivalent qualification?
  4. Have you achieved an AS, A level or equivalent qualification?
  5. Have you achieved a GCSE or equivalent qualification?
  6. Have you achieved any other qualifications?

Employment and armed forces

  1. In your main job, what is your employment status?
  2. What is the name of the organisation or business you work for?
  3. What is your full job title?
  4. Briefly describe what you do in their main job?
  5. What is the main activity of your organisation, business or freelance work?
  6. Do you supervise or oversee the work of other employees on a day-to-day basis?
  7. In your main job, how many hours a week do you usually work?
  8. How do you usually travel to work?
  9. Where do you mainly work?
  10. What is the address of the your workplace?
  11. What is the address of your depot?
  12. Have you previously served in the UK Armed Forces?
  13. In the last seven days, were you doing any of the following?