Census - Question.

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> Hi,
> Filled mine in last night, and remembered Simon asking why question 
9 
> is omitted.  The form says that Q9 is not relevant to those living 
in 
> England.  Is it relevant to those living in Scotland/Wales/Northern 
> Ireland?  If so, what is it???
> 
> Catherine, who is intrigued by the trivial.

Well what happens in NI and Scotland is anyones guess. I believe both 
are able to do their own forms and so may have totally different 
questions (though I would guess they are in fact fairly similar to 
the English and Welsh forms).

All my information is from: 
England and Wales: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/countmein/index.html
NI: http://www.nicensus2001.gov.uk/home.html
Scotland: http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/home


Question 9 is: Can you understand, speak, read, or write Welsh.
It only appears on the Welsh household form (i.e. the form going to 
people in Wales).

In England Question 9 is: This question is not applicable in England.

Amusingly they feel the need to ask the same question on the Welsh 
language version of the form (the form written in Welsh for the Wlesh 
households who want it).


The questions seem fairly similar, no matter whether you are in NI, 
Scotland, England or Wales. However the order of questions changes 
slightly.


Aparantly I should already have my form (or so the e-mail I just 
received says). Tells me some of what I need to do and who I return 
it to. Now I just have to wait for the form to arrive.


Simon