Third Briefing:
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(13th December) Explanation of finalized
questionnaire; revised coding instructions;
distribution of record forms; questions on
modus operandi and details of fieldwork
organisation.
Detailed briefing on Employment Ordinance and
Workmen Compensation Ordinance.
Fieldwork Proper (14th December 1977 - 7th January 1978)
About one week before the visits, letters of introduction
explaining the purpose of the survey and its outline procedures
were sent individually to all sampled establishments and households.
The summary pamphlet of the Green Paper together with a list of
Home Affairs Department telephones for contact in case of enquiry
was enclosed. Simultaneously, liaison staff of the Home Affairs
Department made prior contact with the establishments to be interviewed
after the posting of the letters and before the commencement of the
ercise. These measures
field visits to pave the way for the exercise.
effectively enhanced the degree of co-operation given subsequently
by the respondents to the enumerators.
In the case of business establishments, the enumerators were
instructed to make an appointment with the responsible representative
to be interviewed.
In the case of households, the enumerators had
to pay a chance visit outside office hours to contact the target employees.
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