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Help Notes ONLY SAMPLE Tuesday, 6 March 2001 If you need help filling in your census forms, or for copies of the bilingual Maori/English forms, call us on 0800 80 2001. For further information visit our website at: www.stats.govt.nz For people with a hearing impairment fax the toll-free fax line on 0800 800 082. What is the census? ONLY The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings, held every five years, is the official count of the total number of people and dwellings in New Zealand. On Census Night, everyone in the country must fill in a census form. Statistics NZ puts together the answers and publishes the results in statistical tables and reports. The census is the key source of information about the people living in our cities, towns,SAMPLE suburbs and rural communities. It is the only way we can get a full picture of whats really happening in our country, because everyone takes part. How is census information used? Your responses are important for community, iwi and government decisions that affect all New Zealanders. To make decisions about all sorts of issues, planners must have the right information. They compare the latest census results with previous years so they can see how society is changing, and predict what will happen in the future. The information is used to make decisions that affect us all such as where to build new roads, schools, houses, hospitals and essential services that are needed. It is also used to revise electoral boundaries and is an important source of statistics for iwi. Its important to get the facts right, which means its important that everyone takes part. www.stats.govt.nz 2 How do you keep my information confidential? The law protects the information you provide. It must be used only for statistical purposes. The census provides information about groups of people, not individuals. When we prepare statistics, we combine your information with similar information from others. Disclosing or publishing any information about an individual is an offence. The only people who have access to your information are those authorised by Statistics New Zealand. Each of them signs a Declaration of Secrecy, which means they cant reveal your information to anyone else. No one else can see your answers not even if they work for another government department. You are asked for your name and address. They are only needed to reach you if anything is missing or if you have been selected to take part in surveys on disability or the Mäori language, planned for later this year. If you give your consent, your individual census form will be archived for 100 years. The forms of those who do not give consent will be destroyed by shredding. We try to avoid having the people who distributeONLY and collect census forms (enumerators) working in the area where they live. Even so, you may know your enumerator. If you do, or you want to take extra steps for more privacy, ask your enumerator for a privacy envelope. Your enumerator isnt allowed to open this envelope. What do I SAMPLEhave to do? You must fill in your census forms on Tuesday night, 6 March 2001. Everyone in your dwelling must fill in an individual form, or have one completed for them. Remember to mark your answers like this [] not this [✔]. One person must also fill in the dwelling census form and ensure that an individual census form is filled in for everyone in your dwelling on Census Night. Bilingual Mäori/English census forms are available on request from the enumerator, or by phoning the census helpline toll free on 0800 80 2001 before Tuesday 6 March. If you need help with your form, or theres anything that youd like to know about the census, or you need extra forms, phone the helpline toll free on 0800 80 2001. For the hearing impaired, fax the toll-free fax line 0800 800 082. Dont leave your questions until Census Night; contact us early. 3 Helpline ¤¤¤ 0800 802001 How will my forms be collected? Your enumerator will collect your forms the same person who delivered them. He or she will wear an identity card with their photograph and name and will carry a blue bag with the Statistics New Zealand logo printed on it. Phone the census helpline on 0800 80 2001 if you have any concerns about the person who delivers and collects your forms. We will collect your forms sometime between Wednesday 7 March and Sunday 18 March. If your enumerator has not been able to make contact with you during the collection time, they will leave a freepost envelope for you to use, or you can post the forms (no stamp needed) to: Census 2001 Statistics New Zealand ONLY Freepost 58906 Private Bag 4741 CHRISTCHURCH What happens after the census? A Statistics New Zealand interviewer may call on you later in March to conduct a postSAMPLE enumeration survey. This is to make sure that we managed to reach everyone. It is our check to be certain we have done our job of conducting the census well. In addition to this, around 45,000 people will be contacted to take part in two surveys following the census: the Disability Survey and the Survey on the Health of The Mäori Language. If you are among those selected to take part, we will value your cooperation. www.stats.govt.nz 4 INDIVIDUAL FORM Who has to fill in a blue Individual Form? Everyone who is spending the night of Tuesday 6 March in this dwelling, including children and babies. Anyone arriving at this dwelling before noon on Wednesday 7 March, who has not filled in a blue individual form anywhere else. 2 Why do you need my name? Names are used to match the individual forms to the list of people on the dwelling form to make sure that all the forms in a household have been collected. ONLY My baby hasnt been named yet. What 2 should I do? If a baby has not yet been given a name, print BABY. I stay at more than one address. 5 Which one do I give? Follow theseSAMPLE guidelines to give the right address: If you are a primary or secondary school student at boarding school, give your home address. If you are a tertiary student, give the address where you live during term. If you live in more than one dwelling, give the address of the one you most consider to be your home. If you spend equal amounts of time at different addresses, give one of those addresses. Children in joint custody should give the address where they spend most nights. If children spend equal amounts of time at different addresses, they should give one of those addresses. If you are in New Zealand temporarily and will be here for less than 12 months, give your address in your home country. Otherwise, give your address in New Zealand. 5 Helpline ¤¤¤ 0800 802001 INDIVIDUAL FORM 7 Why is my address from five years ago important? Your address from five years ago is used to find out where people are moving from and moving to, so that services can be planned for those towns and cities where populations are changing. 11 What do you mean by ethnicity? This question is about the ethnic group or groups (cultural groups) you belong to or identify with. It is not asking about nationality or citizenship. 13 Languages you can speak Do not count languages you could only have a very limited conversation in, for example, a language you can only say a few words or phrases in. You do not need to be speaking a language every day or even on a regular basis to include it. 14/ What do you mean by disability? 15 We want to measure disabilities resulting from a long-term condition or health problem (lasting six months or more) that affect your ability to do thingsONLY that people of your age can usually do. Dont count disabilities like hearing or sight loss that can be corrected by a hearing aid or glasses. These questions may be used to select people for a disability survey to be carried out after this census. I am of Cook Island Maori Descent 16 should ISAMPLE mark yes to this question ? If you are of Cook Island Maori descent do not mark yes to this question unless you are also of NZ Mäori descent. Names of your iwi (tribe or tribes) and 17 rohe Iwi are listed together with their rohe at the centre of this guide. By rohe we mean the home area of the iwi. 18 Religion Answering this question is not compulsory. If you prefer not to answer this question mark object to answering this question. Otherwise, mark your religion in the space provided. If your religion is not stated then write it. For example, print: BAPTIST JEHOVAHS WITNESS THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS SALVATION ARMY. www.stats.govt.nz 6 INDIVIDUAL FORM Who counts as mother / father / sister / 19 brother/daughter / son? Individuals live with many different people. For example: step- parents, half-brothers, aunts, their fathers partner, their partners child. If someone who lives in the same household as you acts as your mother, and you think of her as your mother, mark my mother and/or father. Similarly, if someone who lives in the same household as you acts as your father and you think of him as your father, mark my mother and/or father.