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In
contrast with previous censuses, forms were hand delivered by
enumerators to a member of each household with respondents asked to
return their completed form by post.
This offers a cost effective and convenient way of collecting
information from the majority of the population and enabled
resources to be targeted at those groups in the population (young,
elderly, etc.) that were more reluctant or less able to respond.
Despite the efficiency savings that the post-back approach brought,
the task was still a huge undertaking and involved the hand delivery
of over 600,000 forms to households and communal establishments.
This task meant the creation of some 3,000 mainly part-time jobs which
are described below:
Census Area Managers
The most senior appointments were the
six Census Area Managers (CAMs) who had responsibility for the
conduct of the Census in areas with a population of around 300,000.
Census Area Managers
were each responsible for the training of up to 20 Census District
Managers and for the general management and control of the Census
operation in their areas.
Time in post: 10 months - from 1
September 2000 to 30 June 2001.
Census District
Managers
Census Area Managers
recruited a total of 97 Census District Managers (CDMs) responsible
for areas with a population of about 20,000.
Duties included
interviewing Census enumerators and training 2 to 4 Census Team
Leaders and up to 30 Census Enumerators for their allocated area.
They were responsible for managing the day-to-day running of the
Census in their area and were required to make regular reports on
progress.
Time in post: from 30
October 2000 to 23 June 2001
Census Team Leaders
Below the Census
District Managers were some 280 Census Team Leaders (CTLs). Census
Team Leaders assisted the Census District Managers with
administrative tasks and training, acting as team leaders for up to
10 enumerators.
Time in post: from 19 February 2001 to 16 June 2001
Census Enumerators
Finally,
a force of about 2,600 Census Enumerators delivered Census forms to
every single address in the country. They were also responsible for
the collection of the completed forms that they had originally
delivered, from the Royal Mail and recording their receipt.
Time in post: from 20
March 2001 to 21 May 2001
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