Paper questionnaires will also be available on request, while there will be lots of support available for those who need it. Results will be available within 12 months, although personal records will be locked away for years, kept safe for future generations. Skip to navigation. These numbers are not the answers for columns , but were data summaries used by Census Bureau tabulators in Washington, DC, to compile statistical data.
The census column 31 indicates Civil War veterans with the abbreviation "CW. Real property The census column 8 , census column 8 , and census column 8 indicate the value of real property land owned by each person.
The census column 25 , census column 26 , census column 7 , and census column 7 indicate whether the person owned "O" or rented "R" the home or farm. The census column 26 , census column 27 , and census column 8 indicate whether home and farm owners owned their property with a mortgage "M" or free of mortgage "F". These clues should lead researchers to the county recorder's office or equivalent agency for deeds, mortgages, and property tax records. Economic data The census column 7 , census column 7 , census column 7 , and census column 13 all indicate the person's occupation.
If the answer is "farmer," the researcher should look for information about the farmer's land ownership, crops, and livestock in the agricultural census schedules. If the person was a saw or grist miller, cheese maker, or other "manufacturer," the researcher should check the manufacturing census schedules. The census, run by the Office for National Statistics ONS , is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales.
It has been carried out every decade since , with the exception of Among the new questions this time is one asking people whether they have served in the armed forces, to support commitments made by central and local government under the Armed Forces Covenant - the deal between the country and those who served it.
Anyone who has served in the armed forces for at least one day is classed as a veteran. One of the greatest challenges in addressing need is knowing where it is in the first place.
Therefore, a better understanding of the numbers, locations and age ranges of our armed forces veterans will help the Government, NHS and service charity sectors target resources and expertise where they are needed most. This report provides links to previously published research and the findings of additional testing that led to the final recommended questions for Census for England and Wales. These recommendations will be subject to parliamentary approval through the census secondary legislation.
Additional information on the overall design of the Census questionnaire can be found in the question and questionnaire development overview for Census The questions and response options for Census have now been finalised through the census secondary legislation: The Census England and Wales Order as well as Census Regulations for England and for Wales.
The evidence base for the recommendations made in the White Paper is discussed in the section, Research that led to the White Paper recommendations. The evidence base for the finalisation of the questions for Census is discussed in the section, Research that led to the recommended Census question design. In June , the Office for National Statistics ONS held a formal, week consultation process asking census users for their views on the topics that were required in the questionnaire in England and Wales.
The aim of the consultation was to promote discussion and encourage the development of strong cases for topics to be included in Census This set out our updated view on the topics to be included in Census , including:. The topic consultation revealed a clear requirement for information on the armed forces community in the UK. However, we identified that these requirements were partially met by existing administrative data sources. In our response, we included a commitment to investigate the feasibility of linking administrative sources on armed forces veterans to data from Census to produce the outputs required by users.
A detailed summary of the consultation responses relating to the armed forces community topic can be found in the armed forces community topic report PDF, Within this report, the ONS made clear commitments to the public.
We have provided an update on how we met these commitments in Annex 1. Following this, we began a comprehensive programme of research and development. We provide a full list of the tests used in the development of the topic of the armed forces community in Annex 2.
Further details are provided in the summary of testing for Census The tests utilised a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. A short description of the different research methods and sampling techniques is given in the question and questionnaire development overview for Census Testing included respondents from a wide range of backgrounds.
This included people who had never served in the armed forces, those who were actively serving or had previously served in the Regular or Reserve Armed Forces, as well as their family members. In December , we published a further census topic research update , which highlighted work undertaken on the investigation of using administrative data to collect information on the armed forces community.
The research had concluded that the administrative data available did not provide full coverage of those who previously served in the armed forces. Therefore, we had started investigating question designs collecting information on personnel who had previously served in the armed forces leading to the inclusion of a new question in Census This outlined our proposals to include the topic of the armed forces community veterans in Census Service providers would use these data to support veterans in line with the Armed Forces Covenant.
The question recommendations for Census are now finalised. We have evaluated the question for its potential impact on data quality, public acceptability, respondent burden, financial concerns and questionnaire mode.
We present details of this evaluation in Annex 3. We provide details of the definitions and terms used in this report in Annex 4. We discuss the details of the testing related to the finalisation of the questions for Census in the section, Research that led to the recommended Census question design. References to tests take the form year: test number.
For example, the fifth test conducted in would be referenced as It was agreed that the question scope would be limited to collecting information on armed forces leavers and their families who live at the same address. Because the census is a household form, the question will not identify family members who live separately to those who have previously served. In addition, where an individual has served and since died, their surviving family members will not be identified.
We began our research by reviewing existing questions on other social surveys as potential designs for a census question. We looked at:. This question was:. This initial question design was cognitively tested with previous servers and current servers.
This included people who had served in the UK Armed Forces and people who had served in the armed forces of other countries. We concluded that the distinction between current servers and those who had previously served would need to be clearer.
We conducted two cognitive tests and focused on developing a question that currently serving members of the UK Armed Forces would understand as intended and answer correctly. This question design, without any additional instruction on who to include, was: Have you ever served in the UK Armed Forces? Testing found that current servers welcomed the new response option, as it enabled them to answer that they were serving quickly and accurately.
This finding was reinforced by a public acceptability survey
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