integer 2 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Have the census questions always been like this? We now have to tell them how we get to work, what qualifications we have, how many hours we worked last week, how our house is heated, whether we have a mortgage, why we moved here (if we did), and we get prosecuted if we refuse. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these privacy warriors up in arms about CCTV, ID cards etc, but I think the fact the government can force you by law to disclose all this info is a bit "1984". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aquarius 127 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I thought a census was simply a headcount of a population at a given time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manxy 1,476 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Have the census questions always been like this? We now have to tell them how we get to work, what qualifications we have, how many hours we worked last week, how our house is heated, whether we have a mortgage, why we moved here (if we did), and we get prosecuted if we refuse. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these privacy warriors up in arms about CCTV, ID cards etc, but I think the fact the government can force you by law to disclose all this info is a bit "1984". Great! You can hear the family tree researchers in the years to come and say, is that all the qualifications they got? I've got 16 triple star bar-coded GCSE's when I was 5. By the sounds of the questions above, it looks as if they're looking to reap in more pennies through taxing inefficient houses and types of property and even looking at ways to examine the benefits system. Thoughts on this? Far fetched, maybe or you never know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jennybrew 17 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 i know you need to do the first page and the names and ages etc of anyone who lives at the residance, but isnt the rest just optional? aslong as you fill the main stuff in, sign it and had it back its all good i thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dilligaf 9,367 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Oh, so you don,t think a Government may need the info. for future planning of healthcare, energy needs, benefit needs, housing requirements, education etc. etc. Or is that just too simple ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slinkydevil 4,669 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 what makes its worse is the fact that its self-highlighted 'identity theft' in a nice purple trimmed envelope that thieves everyone knows exactly when it will be posted. Mine was hand delivered and will be hand collected. Was yours posted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mojomonkey 3,375 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I can't think of any reason why I should or would be bothered whether government knows that I have central heating, how well educated I am, if I work, etc. If you are genuinely worried about the questions contained in the census form I think you need to take that tin foil hat off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Hedgehog 832 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Oh, so you don,t think a Government may need the info. for future planning of healthcare, energy needs, benefit needs, housing requirements, education etc. etc. Or is that just too simple ? Like our government actually plan for anything..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1978 214 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) what makes its worse is the fact that its self-highlighted 'identity theft' in a nice purple trimmed envelope that thieves everyone knows exactly when it will be posted. Edited March 22, 2011 by dave1978 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1978 214 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) what makes its worse is the fact that its self-highlighted 'identity theft' in a nice purple trimmed envelope that thieves everyone knows exactly when it will be posted. Mine was hand delivered and will be hand collected. Was yours posted? not supposed to go til the 27th, so no........ ETA: sorry mines UK. Edited March 22, 2011 by dave1978 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slinkydevil 4,669 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Like our government actually plan for anything..... Shut up, did you not see the Douglas 2000 model they put on display? One day it will be ace. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1978 214 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) correction, hand delivered but posted back stealable. Edited March 22, 2011 by dave1978 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addie 1,388 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 i know you need to do the first page and the names and ages etc of anyone who lives at the residance, but isnt the rest just optional? aslong as you fill the main stuff in, sign it and had it back its all good i thought. Doesn't it mention that you are 'required' to answer all questions? Anyway, I'm still trying to work out how one decides who is the 'Head of the household'! The person who fills in the census form, or the usual default reference to the senior male member of the household? GRRRRRRRRRRRR! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Sausages 6,371 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Why do they need to know what colour skin I have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mission 1,108 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Just remember folks, vote Jedi! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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