KNBS KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS Keeping you informed Republic of Kenya 2009 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 24th/25th August, 2009 ENUMERATOR’S INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL JULY 2009 Table of Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 1. POPULATION CENSUS ............................................................................................................. 1 2. OBJECTIVE OF THE 2009 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS ........................................... 1 3. THE CENSUS ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................. 1 3.1 National Census Officer ...................................................................................................................... 1 3.2 Board of Directors, KNBS ................................................................................................................... 1 3.3 National Census Coordinator ............................................................................................................ 1 3.4 National Census Steering Committee (NCSC) ............................................................................... 2 3.5 Technical Working Committee (TWC) ............................................................................................ 2 3.6 Census Secretariat ............................................................................................................................... 2 3.7 District Census Committees (DCC) ................................................................................................... 2 3.8 Divisional Census Committees .......................................................................................................... 2 4. LEGAL AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE THE CENSUS .................................................................. 3 5. CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION ............................................................................ 3 6. ROLE OF THE ENUMERATOR .................................................................................................. 3 7. HOW TO HANDLE INTERVIEWS .............................................................................................. 4 8. REQUIRED MATERIALS ........................................................................................................... 5 PART II: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................... 6 9. THE ENUMERATION AREA (EA) .............................................................................................. 6 10. DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF EAS .......................................................................................... 12 12. HOW TO DETERMINE DISTANCES USING SCALES ................................................................ 13 16. SOME KEY CONCEPTS FOR THE 2009 CENSUS UNDERTAKING ............................................. 6 16.1 Homestead.............................................................................................................................. 6 16.2 Household .............................................................................................................................................. 6 16.3 Household Head ................................................................................................................................. 10 16.4 Respondent ......................................................................................................................................... 10 16.5 Structure .............................................................................................................................................. 10 16.6 Dwelling Unit ..................................................................................................................................... 10 16.7 Enumeration Area (EA) ..................................................................................................................... 10 16.8 De Facto Census ................................................................................................................................. 11 17. WHO AND WHEN SHOULD YOU ENUMERATE..................................................................... 15 18. WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS NO ONE AT HOME ................................................................. 16 19. USE OF CHALK/CARDS .......................................................................................................... 17 20. THE MAIN CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................... 17 21. CHECKING YOUR WORK ....................................................................................................... 18 PART III: HOW TO FILL IN THE MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE ..................................................................... 18 22. GENERAL RULES .................................................................................................................... 18 23. LAYOUT OF THE MAIN CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE ............................................................... 19 24. THE INTERVIEW AND THE QUESTIONS ................................................................................ 20 25. SECTION A: INFORMATION REGARDING ALL PERSONS ...................................................... 21 25.1 Column P00: Name ............................................................................................................................ 21 25.3 Columns P10 and P11: Relationship and Sex .............................................................................. 22 25.4 Column P12: Age ................................................................................................................................ 23 25.7 Column P15: Tribe/Nationality ....................................................................................................... 27 25.8 Column P16: Religion ........................................................................................................................ 28 26. Column P17: Marital Status ............................................................................................................. 28 27. Column P18: Birth Place ................................................................................................................... 29 28. Column P19: Previous Residence ................................................................................................... 29 29. Columns P20‐P21: Duration of Residence ................................................................................... 30 30. Columns P22‐P23: Orphanhood ..................................................................................................... 30 31. SECTION B: INFORMATION REGARDING FEMALES AGED 12 YEARS AND ABOVE ............ 31 ii 31.1 Columns P24 to P31: Particulars of All Live Births ..................................................................... 31 31.2 Columns P24‐P25: Children Born Alive ......................................................................................... 31 31.3 Columns P26‐P27: Children Living in the Household................................................................. 32 31.4 Columns P28‐P29: Children Living Elsewhere ............................................................................. 32 31.5 Columns P30‐P31: Children Who Have Died ............................................................................... 32 31.6 Columns P32 to P36: Particulars of Last Live Births ................................................................... 33 31.7 Columns P32‐P33: Last Child Born ................................................................................................. 33 31.8 Column P34: Birth Notification ....................................................................................................... 33 31.9 Column P35: Sex of the Child ......................................................................................................... 33 31.10 Column P36: Survival Status of Last Born Child .......................................................................... 33 32. SECTION C: INFORMATION REGARDING DISABILITY ...............................................................34 32.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 34 32.2 Definition of disability ....................................................................................................................... 34 32.3 Types of disabilities ........................................................................................................................... 35 32.4 Columns P37 to P38: Information Regarding Persons with Disability ................................... 36 33. SECTION D: EDUCATION STATUS FOR PERSONS AGED 3 YEARS AND ABOVE .....................36 33.1 Columns P39, P40 and P41: Education ......................................................................................... 36 33.2 Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 36 33.3 Column P39: School /Learning Institution Attendance ............................................................. 38 33.4 Column P40: Highest Standard/Form/Level of Education Reached .....................................