| 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
 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 ...................................... 38
 33.5 Column P41: Highest Standard/Form/Level of Education Completed .................................. 38
 34. SECTION E: LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION ...........................................................................39
 34.1 Column P42 to P44: ........................................................................................................................... 39
 34.2 Column P42: Main activity ............................................................................................................... 39
 34.3 Column 43: Main employer ............................................................................................................. 42
 34.4 Column P44: Hours of work ............................................................................................................. 43
 35. SECTION F: INFORMATION REGARDING ICT ...........................................................................43
 35.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 43
 35.2 Column P45 to P49: Accessibility ................................................................................................... 44
 35.3 Column P50: Frequency of access to the Internet services ..................................................... 44
 35.4 Column P51: Place where Internet was accessed ...................................................................... 44
 36. SECTION G: ANNUAL LIVE BIRTHS .........................................................................................44
 37. SECTION H: RECENT DEATHS IN THE HOUSEHOLD .................................................................45
 37.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 45
 37.2 Column H11: Death of HH member ............................................................................................... 45
 37.3 Columns H12: Death order ............................................................................................................. 45
 37.4 Column H13: Death notification ..................................................................................................... 46
 37.5 Columns H14 and H15: Age and Sex ............................................................................................. 46
 37.6 Columns H16: Cause of Death ........................................................................................................ 46
 38. SECTION I: INFORMATION REGARDING LIVESTOCK OWNED ..................................................46
 38.1 Column H17: Type of livestock ...................................................................................................... 46
 39. SECTION J: HOUSING CONDITIONS AND AMENITIES .............................................................47
 39.1 Column H18: Dwelling Units............................................................................................................ 47
 39.2 Column H19: Habitable Rooms ....................................................................................................... 47
 39.3 Column H20: Tenure status of main dwelling unit ..................................................................... 47
 39.4 Columns H21: Dominant Construction Material of Roof for Main Dwelling Unit .............. 48
 39.5 Columns H22: Dominant Construction Material of Walls for Main Dwelling Unit ............. 48
 39.6 Columns H23: Dominant Construction Material of Floor for Main Dwelling Unit .............. 48
 39.8 Column H25: Main Mode of Human Waste Disposal ................................................................ 49
 39.9 Column H26: Main Type of Cooking Fuel ..................................................................................... 50
 39.10 Column H27: Main Type of Lighting Fuel ..................................................................................... 50
 40. SECTION K: HOUSEHOLD ASSETS ............................................................................................50
 40.1 Column H28: Ownership of Household Assets ........................................................................... 50
 41. SECTION L: EMIGRANTS ..........................................................................................................50
 42. SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE ON EMIGRANTS ...............................................................................50
 42.1 Column E-01: Name of Respondent and Line Number ............................................................. 50
 42.2 Column E-02: Name........................................................................................................................... 51
 42.3 Column E-03: Sex ............................................................................................................................... 51
 42.4 Column E-04: Age............................................................................................................................... 51
 42.5 Column E-05: Highest Education Level Reached ........................................................................ 51
 42.6 Column E-06: Professional Training of the emigrant ................................................................. 51
 42.7 Column E-07: Destination ................................................................................................................ 51
 42.8 Column E-08: Current Residence ................................................................................................... 52
 42.10 Column E-10: Status/Reason for staying Abroad ....................................................................... 52
 42.11 Column E-11: Remittances .............................................................................................................. 52
 42.12 Column E-12: How much was remitted ........................................................................................ 52
 42.13 Column E-13: How were the remittances used .......................................................................... 52
 43. OTHER SHORT QUESTIONNAIRES ...........................................................................................53
 43.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 53
 43.2 Name .................................................................................................................................................... 53
 43.3 Sex ......................................................................................................................................................... 53
 43.4 Age ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
 43.5 Duration of Stay ................................................................................................................................. 53
 43.6 Highest Education Level completed .............................................................................................. 53
 43.7 Home District/Country ..................................................................................................................... 54
 43.8 Tribe/Nationality ................................................................................................................................ 54
 PART IV: CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE QUESTIONNAIRES ACCURATELY
 AND COMPLETELY ..................................................................................................................54
 APPENDIX 1: HISTORICAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS ............................................................................56
 CENTRAL PROVINCE ............................................................................................................................. 56
 COAST PROVINCE ................................................................................................................................. 58
 EASTERN PROVINCE ............................................................................................................................. 62
 NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ................................................................................................................ 67
 NYANZA PROVINCE .............................................................................................................................. 70
 RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE ........................................................................................................................ 73
 WESTERN PROVINCE ............................................................................................................................ 80
 APPENDIX 2: CODE LIST ...................................................................................................................86
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