Interviewer instructions
Column (5): Housing Status
111. The census enumerator (AR) must write in this column:
-P for Present Resident
These are the people who have routinely resided for more than 6 months in the household and who spent the night prior to the enumerator's visit in the household.
Persons having arrived in the past 6 months and who plan on staying there are considered present residents ([for example], in the case of recently-transferred government employee, or a woman who has just married.)
The same goes for a person who normally resides in the household who did not spend the night preceding the enumerator's visit in the household and who is not registered elsewhere; that person is considered a present resident.
-A For Absent Residents
These are people who have resided for more than 6 months in the household and who did not spend the night prior to the enumerator's visit in the household. However, the enumerator must verify the person in question does not intend to stay more than 6 months.
If the length of the absence is greater than 6 months, the person should not be counted in the household. The person has become a resident elsewhere.
-V For Visitors
Any absent resident is necessarily a visitor someplace [else]. A visitor is thus a person residing in the household for fewer than 6 months and without the intention to stay more than 6 months, and who spent the night prior to the enumerator's visit in the household.
If, however, the person intends to continue residing in the household for more than 6 months, he/she shall be counted as a Present Resident (PR).
Persons who have been visiting for more than 6 months are to be considered as present residents.
