1St September National Cenus Day.

[dindong]

Everybody including foreigners will be counted during the month of september.

http://popcensus.nso.go.th/home.php

[Boater]

how will they conduct the census? , door to door like in England?

[bkkjames]

how will they conduct the census? , door to door like in England?

No no, they will just use TAT's numbers, multiply it by 5 and hope for the best.

[dindong]

how will they conduct the census? , door to door like in England?

No no, they will just use TAT's numbers, multiply it by 5 and hope for the best.

and divide by 5

[dindong]

how will they conduct the census? , door to door like in England?

No no, they will just use TAT's numbers, multiply it by 5 and hope for the best.

and divide by 5

some questions answered

[1].pdf

2010_Census_Factsheet_MASTER1.pdf

Edited August 25, 2010 by dindong

[Travel2003]

how will they conduct the census? , door to door like in England?

No no, they will just use TAT's numbers, multiply it by 5 and hope for the best.

and divide by 5

It depends of what pays off most.

[astral]

Given the amount of paperwork on every Thai person,

birth certificate, id card, household registration, driving licence, health card etc

I wonder why they feel the need to do a count?

Imigration should have all the numbers about the farangs

and any illegals are unlikely to be counted anyway.

[gotlost]

Not a word on this subject in Chiang Mai.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

A friend points out that 4 October is The Day: http://www.thaicensus.org/

Mac

[dindong]

A friend points out that 4 October is The Day: http://www.thaicensus.org/

Mac

Your friend has mixed up the U.S census for Thai people and the Thailand census.

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/index.php

[dindong]

Given the amount of paperwork on every Thai person,

birth certificate, id card, household registration, driving licence, health card etc

I wonder why they feel the need to do a count?

Imigration should have all the numbers about the farangs

and any illegals are unlikely to be counted anyway.

agreed, but what would all the enumerators and census people do..............grow rice?

[Boater]

so they are not directly forcing you to do a cencus, but giving you options on how to be invloved

How: There are four ways to give census information:

Face to face interview at home by over 70,000 enumerators under supervision of the National Statistical Office who will knock on your door;

Data entry via internet at http://popcensus.nso.go.th or www.nso.go.th (only available in cities or municipal areas);

Self-administered questionnaire;

Give telephone interview at 1111 press 6

and the questions

What Questions will be asked in the Population and Housing Census

The census questions will be asked about everyone living in the household regardless of:

Their legal status of living in Thailand;

Their ability to communicate in Thai language;

They are registered in the household where they currently live in or not.

Questions about the following details will be asked: age, sex, nationality, religion, education, speaking language, occupation, place of birth, marital status, number of children ever born, number of living & dead children, handicap status, migration, type and characteristics of household, registered in the living household or not, sanitation and water supplies, ownership of basic living appliances.

[Boater]

The population census data collection has nothing to do with tax or illegal status of residents living in Thailand.

so if i say i work, but pay no taxes at all, also i have been here 4 years with a 4 year overstay, they will say nothing lol

[Jimi007]

Hum, more old news... I read about this over two months ago.

[dindong]

Hum, more old news... I read about this over two months ago.

Hum, sorry to bother you.

[kenallday]

Do the Thais include chickens, dogs & cats as members of the family? In China they did a census and informed them there not to include the aforementioned animals as family members - pretty funny I thought.

[dindong]

Do the Thais include chickens, dogs & cats as members of the family? In China they did a census and informed them there not to include the aforementioned animals as family members - pretty funny I thought.

Don't know about them, but maybe the buffalo might be included.

[mca]

Face to face interview at home by over 70,000 enumerators under supervision of the National Statistical Office who will knock on your door;

70,000? I don't think I've got that many teacups for them all.

I've got a mental image of them turning up at my place, clocking me with a look of horror on their faces when I open the door and trying to push each other forward to be the one to speak to me with furtive whispers of " Farang, farang"

Edited August 27, 2010 by mca

[Jingthing]

I got the paper thing at my door. It was in English and I had a look at but frankly I can't make heads or tails about how to fill it out. If we don't participate, is there a fine?

[Beardog]

They been in Bang Saray area already. Questionnaire was all the way down to how many dogs & cats you got. I guess it must be so they know how to appropriate the monies for upkeep (to make sure thee is enough in the coffers for all to pilfer from!)

[bkkjames]

Did I read somewhere that all the collected info will on sale to 3rd parties? If so, get ready for a barrage of junk mail, cold-calls and other fun things.