We had a lady from the stats department come over and do a
household income and expense survey. She was nice and did
her job well, but it's 2 hours of my life I can't get back
;-p
Hello Avon!
** On Wednesday 10.03.21 - 20:58, Avon wrote to All:
We had a lady from the stats department come over and do a
household income and expense survey. She was nice and did
her job well, but it's 2 hours of my life I can't get back
;-p
You mean that you have to invite these people to come into your
house and they ask personal information in the guise of a
survey?
I wouldn't participate in any survey unless I got paid for MY
time.
We had a lady from the stats department come over and do a household income and expense survey. She was nice and did her job well, but it's 2 hours of my life I can't get back ;-p
You mean that you have to invite these people to come into your
house and they ask personal information in the guise of a
survey?
I wouldn't participate in any survey unless I got paid for MY
time.
Its probably none of my business, but you did post this on fsxNet.. is
the stats department a government entity? Was it an appointment that you setup for some sort of reason or need?
I wouldn't participate in any survey unless I got paid for
MY time.
This is a government entity called Statistics New Zealand (www.stats.govt.nz) and by law I had to take part in what's
called a Household Economic Survey.
It was fairly painless and the first time I've ever been
asked to take part.
This is a government entity called Statistics New Zealand (www.stats.govt.nz) and by law I had to take part in what's called a Household Economic Survey.
It was fairly painless and the first time I've ever been asked to
take part.
By law? I would still consider something like that quite
presumptuous on their part to insist my participation. What if
Is this like a census? We have those every 4 years and participation is also mandatory.
Is this like a census? We have those every 4 years and
participation is also mandatory.
I wouldn't participate in any survey unless I got paid for
MY time.
Hey, I got a call from some College researcher askijng
questions about our practices regarding the way we manage
patient data at the clinic.
It was probably legit, but in case it wasn't, I fed back a
bunch of made up information. :-)
On 10 Mar 2021 at 09:45p, Ogg pondered and said...
By law? I would still consider something like that quite
presumptuous on their part to insist my participation.
What if
Well I guess we're living in different countries with
differing rules :)
It's a legal requirement to complete a Stats NZ survey.
Under the Statistics Act 1975 anyone selected must complete
the survey. Each person aged 15 or over living at the
address selected needs to take part.
Stats NZ is New Zealand's official agency for gathering
information on a variety of topics. This gives community
groups, iwi (indigenous folks), and government information
they need to make decisions on services that matter to
citizens regardless of where they live in the country.
The data I gave will be aggregated and made anonymous. I'm
fine with it. These guys run a number of surveys of which
the Household Economic Survey was just one of them (and the
one I ended up doing)
They also run our nationwide census that occurs every few
years. Our next one is in 2023. I wonder what I'll be doing
then :)
https://www.stats.govt.nz/2023-census/
On 03-10-21 21:47, Warpslide wrote to Avon <=-
*** Quoting Avon from a message to Ogg ***
This is a government entity called Statistics New Zealand (www.stats.govt.nz) and by law I had to take part in what's called a Household Economic Survey.
It was fairly painless and the first time I've ever been asked to
take part.
Is this like a census? We have those every 4 years and participation
is also mandatory.
Is this like a census? We have those every 4 years and participation
is also mandatory.
I live in the same province as you. But I don't recall
participating in any census in the last 10 years. Is the seletion process "random", I guess?
Correction, the Census is done every 5 years in Canada.
Last one was in 2016, the next one is two months away in May
2021.
If you don't get your census form in the mail this year, you
can pick one up from any Canada Post.
We had a lady from the stats department come over and do a household
Correction, the Census is done every 5 years in Canada. Last one was in
the stats department a government entity? Was it an appointment that setup for some sort of reason or need?
I posted it just to share a 'day in the life of Avon' and I tend to erm over share at times Heheheheh.
Yep don't worry it was all legit. www.stats.govt.nz/surveyhelp if you are curious about them :)
Correction, the Census is done every 5 years in Canada.
Last one was in 2016, the next one is two months away in May
2021.
Correction here too.. I vaguely recall filling in an online survey
a few years ago. 2016 sounds about right.
Speak of the devil, I checked the mail yesterday and there
was the 2021 Census form waiting for me. Brought it home,
there was an access code to be entered at https://
census.gc.ca.
Entered my code and filled out the survey in about 5
minutes. Now I don't need to worry about going to jail for
failing to fill that out... ;)
Speak of the devil, I checked the mail yesterday and there
was the 2021 Census form waiting for me. Brought it home,
there was an access code to be entered at https://
census.gc.ca.
Entered my code and filled out the survey in about 5
minutes. Now I don't need to worry about going to jail for
failing to fill that out... ;)
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