Literal question
[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]
1. In what year did you begin living in this locality?
[] 00 Has lived since birth in this locality.
[] If not since birth, enter year moved into locality 19_ _
Interviewer instructions
2. Question 1 -- explanations: Seniority in locality
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 1.]
A. If the person has not lived in the same locality since birth, write the last two digits of the calendar year in which moved into this locality.
B. If the person knows only the Hebrew year -- convert it to a calendar year, according to "table for converting Hebrew into calendar year" found in the enumerator notepad.
C. If a person can not remember the year -- try and help him/her through questions relating to historic events, like: did you enter this locality before or after the Yom-Kippur war? In this case, write the approximated year.
D. If the person left the locality for a period of less than 10 years and returned to it, write the year in which he/she first started living in the locality.
E. If a person left the locality for more than 10 years and returned to it -- write the year in which he/she returned to the locality.
