PART 1 QUESTIONNAIRE: POPULATION CENSUS FIELDWORKERS

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PART 1 QUESTIONNAIRE: POPULATION CENSUS FIELDWORKERS

RESEARCH TOPIC: CONDUCTING POPULATION CENSUS IN THE LIMPOPO PROVINCE.

Mark the most appropriate response with an X on close ended

questions and fill in your own response for the open ended questions.

Interview Date _______________________

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION 1.1. Gender

Male Female

1.2. Race African

White Coloured

1.3. Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 & above

1.4. Which Municipality are you working?

Aganang

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Blouberg Lepelle- Nkumbi Molemole Polokwane

1.5. What is your position in the project?

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2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

2.1. When did you start working in the project?

2.2. What is your role in the project?

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2.3. Are you satisfied the way the project is conducted?

Yes No

2.4. If no, what is it that you are not satisfied with?

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2.5. Population census project must be a 100% count of everyone in the country. As the institution mandated to conduct the project, do you manage to conduct 100% census?

Yes No

2.6. If no why, explain all the challenges that you are experiencing in the project?

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2.7. What is the impact of the challenges on the results?

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2.8. What can you recommend to address the above mentioned challenges?

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2.9. As a fieldworker what role can you play to improve the project?

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2.10. Do you have enough capacity (financial, human, physical, skills etc) to conduct population census project?

Yes No

2.11. If no, what capacity is still lacking and what is the impact in the project?

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1.12. What do you do to minimise the impact?

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2.13. Is your organisation engaged in proper planning before you start conducting the population census project?

Yes No

2.14. If no, What is it that is still lacking in your planning process?

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2.15. What is your plan to improve the planning process?

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2.16. Are you satisfied with the quality and accuracy of the information provided by the respondents?

Yes No

2.17. If no, what is it that you are not satisfied with and what is the impact of the data on the results?

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2.18. What is your plan to improve the quality and accuracy of the information provided by the respondents?

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2.19. Is your population census information matches with information produced by other institutions? e.g. statistics on grants administration produced by South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

Yes No

2.20. If no, what is the impact of this in your stakeholders?

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2.21. Were you involved in the previous 2 population censuses?

Yes No

2.22. If yes, what was your role?

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2.23. Were you satisfied with the work that you did and the results produced?

Yes No

2.24. If no, what is it that you were not satisfied with?

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2.25. What did you experienced in the project?

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2.26. How best can you use your experience to improve the production of population census results?

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2.27. Any other information/ comments relevant to project.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND YOUR TIME

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PART 2 QUESTIONNAIRE: STATISTICS SA MANAGERS

This questionnaire will serve as a guide for the face – to – face interview, follow- ups questions and other new questions may be formulated after judging the given situations.

Interview Date _______________________

Male Female

2.2. Race African

White Coloured

1.3. Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 & above

1.5. What is your position in the project?

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________________________________________________________

2.1. When did you start working in the project?

2.2. What is your role in the project?

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________

2.3. Are you satisfied the way the project is conducted?

Yes No

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________

2.5. Population census project must be a 100% count of everyone in the country. As the institution mandated to conduct the project, do

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you manage to conduct 100% census?

Yes No

2.6. If no why, explain all the challenges that you are experiencing in the project?

________________________________________________________

2.7. What is the impact of the challenges in the results?

________________________________________________________

2.9. As a manager what role can you play to improve the project?

________________________________________________________

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2.10. Do you have enough capacity (financial, human, physical, skills etc) to conduct population census project?

Yes No

2.11. If no, what capacity is still lacking and what is the impact in the project?

________________________________________________________

1.12. What do you do to minimise the impact?

________________________________________________________

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2.13. What is your plan to address the capacity gap for the future?

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2.14. Is your organisation engaged in proper planning before you start conducting the population census project?

Yes No

2.15. If no, What is it that is still lacking in your planning process?

________________________________________________________

2.16. What is your plan to improve the planning process?

________________________________________________________

2.17. Are you satisfied with the quality and accuracy of the information provided by the respondents?

Yes No

2.18. If no, what is it that you are not satisfied with and what is the impact of the data on the results?

________________________________________________________

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2.19. What is your plan to improve the quality and accuracy of the information provided by the respondents?

________________________________________________________

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2.20. Is your population census information matches with information produced by other institutions? e.g statistics on grants administration produced by South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

Yes No

2.21. If no, what is the impact of this in your stakeholders?

________________________________________________________

2.22. Were you involved in the previous 2 population censuses?

Yes No

2.23. If yes, what was your role?

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________

2.24. Were you satisfied with the work that you did and the results

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produced?

Yes No

2.25. If no, what is it that you were not satisfied with?

________________________________________________________

2.26. What did you experienced in the project?

________________________________________________________

2.27. How best can you use your experience to improve the production of population census results?

________________________________________________________

2.28. Any other information/ comments relevant to the project.

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PART 3 QUESTIONNAIRE: USERS OF POPULATION CENSUS STATISTICS

Mark the most appropriate response with an X on close ended

questions and fill in your own response for the open ended questions.

Interview Date _______________________

Male Female

3.2. Race African

White Coloured

1.3. Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 & above

1.4. Which Municipality are you working?

Aganang

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Blouberg

Lepelle-Nkumbi Molemole

Polokwane Capricorn District

Other, specify

1.5. In which Section/ Unit are you working?

Planning

Local Economic Development Research

Other

2.1. How often do you use population census results?

Every day Every week Every month Every quarter Once in six month Once a year

2.2. Are you satisfied with the population census results?

Yes

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No

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2.4. List all the challenges that you are experiencing when using the population census results?

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2.5. What is the impact of the challenges in your work/ plans?

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2.7. What role can you play to improve the production of population census results?

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2.8. Statistics South Africa is the only institution in the country that is responsible to produce official statistics, as an organisation do you use statistics produced by other organisations?

Yes No

2.9. If yes, which organisation, why and how often?

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2.10. What is the quality of the statistics?

Poor Average Good Excellent

2.11. Do you compare population census results with results from other institutions? e.g. statistics on grants administration from South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

Yes No

2.12. If yes, are the results matching?

Yes No

2.13. If no, which one do you trust and use and what do you do make sure that the contradictions are receiving attention?

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2.14. Any other information/ comments relevant to population census project.

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