Just a heads up for my friends

I have a funny story about this subject. I was running behind on filling my form out. It was term paper and final exam season. So after it sitting on the coffee table for several weeks, I finally mailed it out. The very next day, a census worker showed up at my door. Well, it made me laugh.

I did send in my census form since it is mandated in our constitution. But I didn't answer anything except in regards to how many people lived in my house. The rest of it is none of their damned business and is NOT mandated by our constitution. I hope you enjoy your job! It'll be nice to get out and meet some new people, see new things, etc. We'll miss you but I'm sure you'll love, love, love that paycheck!!

Yes here in Canada we do have Census and right or wrong we're told it's against the law to not submit one. I don't know if that law is enforced or not but that's what we're told. There are two questions I absolutely refuse to answer certain questions. One is what my income is. Every year even now on disability I have to submit income tax return therefore the government already knows my finances and is no one else's business. Another question that really irradiate me is on this date ------ who slept in your house on this day. Excuse me but really???? How is this a concern? Just asking. Thank You.

gOOD FOR U, HOPE IT TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD JOB FOR U. yES, I DID SEND in my census, no, i did not know about the funding. Have a good night.

First of all I was just told that I had another census paper at our other home in MT. And, that apparently I did not fill out the first one. I did ! Then I was told that the law would come and see me if I had not filled out the census. We have two homes and I do them individually. Tell me,....does the law come after you if you don't fill out a census?

Hi GardenGerty! Congratulation on your job.Yes I filled mine out and mailed back. Take care Snow

Hi! I am just finishing up my work with the census probably this week. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be as most people were very accommodating and friendly. The only real problems I had were getting a hold of people who never seemed to be home or didn't speak English. I often had to knock on the doors of the entire neighborhood to find out minimum information about one household. The most common excuse for refusing to do the census with me is "I turned it in (even though it was really late) and I am not going to do this again". Though this advice is too late right now, if you didn't want anyone to knock on your door, then you should have sent something in even if you don't like the census.

I didn't get a form, but I did get in touch with the census rep and got mine done. The questions were not as personal as many of the media reported that they would be.

Good for you Gerty! We will miss you here on myLot, but I know you, you'll be back and forth I'm sure. I hope your trips are for fun of some sorts, and not just work. I did send mine in right after I received it, so I'm good to go. It was simple enough to fill out, and I just popped it into the mailbox so I'm good to go. The city I'm living in wanted it returned by April 1st, so I did..no biggie. Take care hon, and enjoy your trips!

I had no idea a census taker was called an enumerator. Interesting... Don't feel bad I won't be making payout here either maybe I'll be lucky and make next month or the month after for sure Yes I sent in my census. I thought it was a federal offense not to do so.

hi gardengerty my son worked in the early census stuff after taking his training, he was fascinated with it. its odd that here at Gold crest we have not seen any census forms yet and its almost June. I am in Southern California by the way but you probably know that already. I was hoping that each of us would be given our own census forms as the admins would not know anything about my parents at all but I do as I have been into my family tree for years and have plenty of information now.

Technically I did not send mine in, the so did. :-)

Hey Gerty! I didn't know that much about the census, at least money wise! And, yes I completed mine awhile ago and sent it back! So, I'm done! I've been counted and they can now stop bothering me! I wish they let me count my cats too since they live here and have to eat, but there was no category for them! So much for the government!

Thanks for the heads up so I won't worry when I don't see you around as often! Good luck. I got my census done as soon as I got it and mailed it back in =)

No we did not send in our census, but we never recieved one either. Have no idea why, we have lived here for 33 years!!!! have a great time off and hurry back we will, I will, miss you.

Hi Gerty I will be here waiting for you, I will miss you but just pop in when you can

Yes, we have a census collection in Aus. I have worked as a census collector twice now...way back in 1986 and the last one in 2006. The next one is next year. I have had to drop off a census form to every house in my district whether or not someone is living there. Even though the home is derelict, is has to be counted. We also count how many people live in tents, caravans and boats; how many are living in hotels, in hospital, or in a motel for the night. Each person is counted wherever they happen to be on the day/night of the census...even the overnight trucker is counted. Many people are worried about privacy concerns and this is totally unnecessary. The actual statistics collected are fed into the computers minus the person's name and address details. The bureau of statistics just want the numbers. It's so obvious that many people feel they have a lot to hide and therefore they lie through their teeth on the census forms and therefore the government is unable to get a clear picture of the absolute needs of the community. I firmly believe there is more education needed. Ignorance is rife. Many people do not even understand the privacy act.

I sent in my Census. Soon, you will learn that not everyone got a census. Some people got more than one. Have fun, but don't put much about the census on the internet. Big brother is watching!

hi GG, i havent been on line for over a week as A) had real difficult problems getting on line, possibly due to my security provider and B) have been away on holiday. i have got myself a 'dongle' or 'stick' to be able to use my laptop while i am away, but the computor 'crashed'while I was trying to install it, so i had to reinstall and go back to my original provider. so i need to consult with our expert who has a place near our holiday home. (when we were away last week we went up to east england on the norfolk coast and very lovely it was too , but our holiday place is on the the south coast) sooooo..... eventually getting to the point, we do have a ten year census in GB, the next one is due in 2011. I must be honest when I filled my very first one in , many many years ago, in 1971,I was about 23 and i did tell some porkies on my form. I got so fed up with the prying questions, that I said my husband was a chartered accountant(he was a milk roundsman) and that I was a solicitor,( i worked in a paper mill) very very naughty i know, but the questions went on and on. I will be interested in the next one, as officially i am a pensioner, although still in full time work. so will have lots to fill in and say. Good luck in your new occupation and I hope you don't get many dishonest 23 year olds like i was !!! see you soon

I'm so happy to hear you got this job! I took the test to be a census taker several years ago and I passed the test. However, I didn't get the job. The test was hard, though. Thank you for posting these statistics. These are very interesting. No, I didn't send in my census, I hate to say. I lost my census paper. What can I do in this case?