1971 Population, Housing and Agriculture Census: Enumerator Instruction Manual

This enumerator instruction manual documents the field rules for Haiti's 1971 General Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture. It defines the census as the set of operations for collecting, grouping, evaluating, analyzing and publishing demographic, economic and social data for all inhabitants of a country or a defined part of a country at a given moment. The manual tells enumerators to carry the guide throughout enumeration, work under supervisor control, enter all houses and institutions under the 10 April 1970 decree, ask questions of the household head or another capable member, keep declarations confidential, avoid delegating their work, reject obviously false or evasive answers, and review forms at the end of interviews.

It then gives detailed instructions for localization, building and dwelling characteristics, lighting, latrines, water supply, tenure, personal characteristics, kinship, marital status, sex, birthplace, residence duration, previous residence, nationality, education, economically active population, religion, fertility, deaths, and agriculture. The agriculture section covers holdings, wage labour, fertilizer, pesticides, energy, irrigation, tenure, land use, permanent crops, seasonal crops, livestock and poultry. Appendices help estimate age using presidential mandates and code educational attainment.