Counted!

@ZedSmart (19753)
Philippines
October 12, 2020 1:45am CST
Just few minutes after a I woke up about past eight in the morning, there's some calling outside. Not a familiar person. It turned out to be someone from the Statistics Office for census of the population. There were questions asked and that was it. For this country's censal year, I and and the other members of the house are counted.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
A former work colleague of mine is doing this census work in their area.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
13 Oct 20
@ZedSmart Yup, she did so this was a good way to still have work and income even for just a month.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
13 Oct 20
@ZedSmart Good for them that their target completion is 1 month. Right after graduation, I took the exam for city census officer, and out of over a hundred applicants, I was one of the top 5. However, I was a new graduate and my only civil service eligibility was the automatic eligibility attached to being an honor graduate. 3 of the other top 5 were government employees who had passed 2 or 3 civil service exams. The position went to a public school teacher. After 2 weeks, they conducted again an exam for census enumerator which I also took and passed. We were to finish the census of our assigned area in 10 days. My area was a mountainous one and I had to wake up at dawn and hitch a ride on sugarcane trucks and walk several kilometers in the mountain which I learned later on was NPA-infested. It would be night time when I returned home with body aching. Halfway into the work, I received a telegram informing me that I was to report to the bank I applied with. Good thing I finished my assignment in 7 days while those assigned in the lowlands finished theirs in 10 days or even exceeded it. Being a census enumerator was a tiresome work. I had to carry heavy census materials and my lunch and drinking water. I had to walk long stretches of sugarcane fields alone. BTW, I've read that the census being done now is also related to the National ID System.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
Did she lost her permanent job? I asked the enumerator that interviewed me how long the job will take and she said that their contract is just one month.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I did our census online.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
13 Oct 20
@ZedSmart It was so quick and easy, especially for me!
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
I believe this is better and hassle free way.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
12 Oct 20
Census could have waited a little longer until this coronavirus crisis blows over.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
12 Oct 20
@ZedSmart It is not a good idea to put the staff at risk.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
I think they've already set the budget and timeframe but yes, I agree with you.
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@LadyDuck (459198)
• Switzerland
12 Oct 20
We receive a form in the mailbox for the census.
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@LadyDuck (459198)
• Switzerland
13 Oct 20
@ZedSmart Yes, we receive an individual form in our name, we fill it and send back with the envelope provided.
@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
That is nice too so that there's no more interview and you will just fill up the form by your own.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
none yet here.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
@ZedSmart yes, they are just starting
@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
I think it has just began.
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
12 Oct 20
Nobody asked here at home about us and how many we are living here. We are all registered in our municipal hall every time we move in another place.
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
12 Oct 20
@ZedSmart I see. Maybe that is the reason.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
I'm not sure if it's simultaneous all over the country or just some cities or municipalities are just ahead. Or maybe the PSA is just implementing it because I think, they're also starting to accept application for the National ID system here.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Oct 20
good morning here.We are all done.Had this done online.Can you do this?
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
Nice to hear that. No. There are enumerators deployed to areas and then they"re the one to ask and record the necessary details in the form.
@JESSY3236 (18953)
• United States
12 Oct 20
I received a form in the mail a few months back. I did the form and mail it back.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
I"m happy to learn that it is done differently in your place. I hope they could also apply it here.
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@Janet357 (75656)
12 Oct 20
i think they will also give the national id.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
It is said that it can be availed at the agency's office throughout the country starting this October.
• India
12 Oct 20
That's too early for the census
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
Here, they will done it every five years. The last time was on 2015.
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
12 Oct 20
Nothing is here
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
12 Oct 20
In my country, it is done every five years.