Recommended Population and Housing Census Topics 2020 Session 7 : Recommended Population and Housing Census Topics 2020 Regional Workshop on Censuses, Kuala Lumpur, 25-28 June 2018

Population census topics Eight categories Geographic and internal migration characteristics Household and family characteristics Demographic and social characteristics Disability characteristics Fertility and mortality Educational characteristics Economic characteristics Agricultural characteristics (ongoing discussion with Ministry of Agriculture)

Geographic and Internal migration characteristics Nine topics in this class Place of usual residence Place where present at time of census Place of birth Duration of residence Place of previous residence Place of residence at a specified date in the past Total population Locality Urban and rural

Characteristics of International migration Four topics in this class Country of birth Country of citizenship Citizenship Year or period of living

Household and family characteristics Three topics in this class Relationship to the reference person in the household Household and family composition Household and family status

Demographic and social characteristics Nine topics in this class Sex Age Marital status Religion Language (Tetum, English, Indonesia and Portuguese) Disability status (walking, seeing, Hearing and Mental/Intelectual

Fertility and mortality Eight topics in this class Children ever born alive Children living Date of birth of last child born Births in the past 12 months Deaths among children born in the past 12 months Age, date of duration of first marriage Age of mother at birth of first child born alive Household deaths in the past 12 months

Educational characteristics Four topics in this class Literacy for all (Tetum, English, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia ) School attendance Educational attainment Field of education and training and educational qualifications

Economic characteristics Six topics in this class Labour force status Status in employment Occupation Industry Place of work Institutional sector of employment

Agriculture Ongoing discusion topics in this class (Plan 2019 Census Agriculture)

Housing census topics Core topics for housing unit as the unit of enumeration Occupancy status Ownership Number of Room Water supply system Source of Drinking water Type of Toilet Sewage disposal Bathing facilities Kitchen Cooking fuel Lighting and/or electricity Construction material for outer walls Draft Questionnaire PHC 2015 Draft Questionnaire PHC 2020