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Census continues to conduct General Household Survey

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The Census and Statistics Department continues to conduct the General

Household Survey during the quarter from July to September this year.

The Survey, conducted on a continuous basis. collects information on employment, unemployment and underemployment, and the general social characteristics of the population.

In addition, questions on worker displacement in Hong Kong, hospitalisation, taxi waiting time, Hong Kong residents working in China, Hong Kong residents' expenditure abroad and household expenditure on rent will be included in this round of the Survey.

Each quarter, about 13,500 living quarters from all districts, are selected using a scientifically designed sample for participation in the survey.

To measure more accurately changes in the socio- economic characteristics of the population, the survey adopts an overlapping sample design such that about half of the households enumerated in a given quarter are the same as those enumerated in the preceding quarter.

An official letter, in both Chinese and English, has been sent to the sampled households to explain the purpose of the survey and to seek their voluntary co- operation.

Officers of the department will contact the households concerned to collect the required information. When visiting households, they carry with them a Government Identity Card and a certificate for conducting the survey. They will make such documents available for inspection by households to confirm their identities.

To make it more convenient for both the households and the department, the sampled households could telephone the department to make prior appointment for visit by the interviewers.

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