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had taken an oath of secrecy, and had been stressed the importance of protecting data confidentiality and the legal consequence of improper handling of the data in their training. All collected data, including those provided by households through the
Internet and collected by census officers using mobile tablets, were encrypted during transmission, and would only be stored and processed in designated area of C&SD. The transient data in mobile tablets were also encrypted and then deleted once uploaded. Besides, all completed questionnaires, in both paper and electronic forms, would be destroyed within 12 months after the completion of the survey.
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characteristics of the population and the characteristics of households and quarters. Taking together the common information collected in both the "Short Form" and "Long Form" would give the complete enumeration results on the basic characteristics of the population. It would also form the basis for estimation of the detailed socio-economic characteristics collected through the "Long Form".
98:(C&SD) of the HKSAR Government during 23 June to 4 August 2021. The 21C was conducted under the Census and Statistics (2021 Population Census) Order, which was made by the Chief Executive in Council under Section 9 of the Census and Statistics Ordinance (Cap 316). The Order, published in the Gazette on 16 October 2020, provided statutory backing for the conduct of the 21C.
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C&SD conducted the Pilot Survey for the 21C from 23 June to 4 August 2020 to test the questionnaire design and the operational arrangements for the 21C. The Pilot Survey covered some 40 000 quarters in four selected
District Council districts namely Wan Chai, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, and Sha
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The 21C comprised a simple enumeration on about nine-tenths of households in Hong Kong to provide basic information (e.g. year and month of birth and sex) and a detailed enquiry on the remaining one-tenth on a broad range of demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Therefore, two types of
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The "Short Form", which was used in the simple enumeration, covered only some basic questions. On the other hand, the "Long Form", which was used in the detailed sample enquiry, included not only those questions covered in the "Short Form", but also additional ones related to the socio-economic
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Besides, for households residing on fishing boats, their number was estimated based on aerial photos of all anchorages in Hong Kong Waters and their characteristics estimated based on information provided by the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. As for households residing on
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In light of the COVID-19 epidemic, C&SD had encouraged households to provide data through online questionnaire or telephone interview so as to reduce face-to-face contact. The census officers would not visit those households that had submitted the questionnaires.
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The number of data topics has increased from 41 in 2011 to 46 in 2021, including elderly persons requiring care (included in 2021), ability to read/write languages, hours of work, whether the quarters is a subdivided unit and floor area of accommodation (included in
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Items with * are those included in the "Short-Form" questionnaire. For the "Long-Form" questionnaire, all the above data topics are included (a total of 46 items).
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Population censuses were conducted in 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 while population by-censuses in 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016.
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pleasure craft, notification letters were sent to the sampled households to invite them to complete and submit the online questionnaires.
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