2022 Census

[dowdstree]

That really made me laugh Forfarian 

We have not had our forn yet. 10 years ago we had the paper version to fill in as my husband considers it dangerous to fill out forms online..... really!!!

Dorrie

[Copper1]

Just what was we need occasionally Forfarian, great, innocently spoken humour

By the way, if anyone was a tad curious where the census customer services were based  - look no further. I've just found this job agency ad. I think that there's potential for some more intelligent job-seekers to put in their application. I wouldn't mind that sort of cash for just a few weeks work....and WFH, wow bonus there!

https://www.arvato.co.uk/job/customer-service-advisor-scotland-census-2022/

Don't delay, I've already sent it on to some 'rellies' who live in Dumbarton.

[Maiden Stone]

By the way, if anyone was a tad curious where the census customer services were based  - look no further. I've just found this job agency ad. I think that there's potential for some more intelligent job-seekers to put in their application. I wouldn't mind that sort of cash for just a few weeks work....and WFH, wow bonus there!

https://www.arvato.co.uk/job/customer-service-advisor-scotland-census-2022/

Don't delay, I've already sent it on to some 'rellies' who live in Dumbarton.

It begins "Please contact the talent team ..." . Further on the agency is looking for people who are "passionate". That's asking a bit much - talented and passionate. A census enumerator 150 years ago only needed to be able to read, write, add up, hear and walk. As some early census collectors were clergymen or schoolmasters, I think passion would have been discouraged.

My letter about the census arrived today.
Is a sample return viewable online? I need to see all questions before I answer.
I got into a mess with a local online consultation last month then got timed out. Also took part in a ONS survey, mainly about health and wellbeing. The letter saying my household had been selected was delayed in the post. I was suspicious because the address on the first letter I received, (which should have been the 2nd letter) was different from address on ONS official website.   

[Copper1]

I haven't seen any example for England or Scotland online M-S but I just happen to have a 'spare' (blank) English census document I am retaining in my archive. When I applied for a paper copy - I sent a reminder after a 3 week delay produced nothing, and then promptly received two in separate deliveries. Depending on personal circumstances the majority of it is wasted space: there are 32 pages in the English version.

[Forfarian]

Is a sample return viewable online? I need to see all questions before I answer.

https://www.census.gov.scot/help/question-help

[fifer1947]

Can't for the life of me figure out why they need to know not only my sex but also my sexual orientation! It's taking "provision" a little far when they ask that of a 75 year old woman unless they're going to provide us all with Toy Boys or Girls to keep us active a bit longer. 

[Forfarian]

Can't for the life of me figure out why they need to know not only my sex but also my sexual orientation! It's taking "provision" a little far when they ask that of a 75 year old woman unless they're going to provide us all with Toy Boys or Girls to keep us active a bit longer. 

Yes, I wondered that too!

I had some difficulty with the question about how I commute to my place of study. On foot - from the bedroom/kitchen/living room to the computer - but there's no option to say that. 

[Copper1]

Couldn't agree more with the last two posts and reference to the individual questions - but let's not get to irritable about the direction census' appear to be heading. At this point the aspect of gender is a voluntary answer and can be left blank. No doubt in the future it may well be raised-up-a-gear to include transgender and/or transitioning*. Some basic data has usually been collected for the NHS to judge possible calls upon their services: the latter two being of increased time/funding etc in the most recent times.
* Please don't ask for clarification via this forum

Obviously in 2011 nobody foresaw the worldwide virus c.2019 and there was no possibility of laying in adequate resources for it. Perhaps the 2031 format could include specific questions related to Covid-19

"Distance travelling to work", surely the truthful, as requested answer would be work from home. Whizz to the end - "there are no more questions for Person 1. Sign Declaration, job done.

PS. If anyone requires some guidance on how to fill in your form for Person 2 (the House Cat) send me a PM. 

[Forfarian]

Oh, I promise to be good when I revise my answers before submitting, even though I may mock some of the questions a bit at this stage.

I do think it is a pity that it no longer asks for a more detailed answer to where individual people were born, which is probably the most useful piece of information in the context of family history. But I seem to remember that a few censuses ago it was proposed to drop that question entirely because it was thought to be offensive to people not born here 

On the other hand, anyone able to fill in this census must have been born well after the introduction of statutory registration, and by the time it's available for research they'll probably have added mother's maiden surname to the birth indexes.