Population and Housing Census 2021

The questionnaires for Marshall Islands Population and Housing Census were structured questionnaires based on the Pacific Model Census Questionnaire developed by the Pacific Community (SPC). The FAO Food Insecurity Experience module was incorporated. The questionnaire was translated into Marshallese. The questionnaire for this Census is composed of 9 sections. The English questionnaire can be found in the External Resources.

1. GEOGRAPHICAL ID

2. PERSON ROSTER: All individuals

3. MODULE C: Population Characteristics, Disability & Internet

4. MODULE E: Education, Languages and Literacy

5. MODULE F: Economic activities last week

6. MODULE G: Fertility and Mortality

7. MODULE I : Housing

8. MODULE J: Agriculture and Fishing

9. MODULE K: FIES (Food Insecurity Experience Scale)

10. GPS + Photo.

11. Cover
    The Cover section describes the administrative geography including Atoll/Island name, Enumerator Area (EA) number and type of household and its occupancy status and the name of the household head.

12. HOUSEHOLD ROSTER: All individuals
    The Household Roster section includes the date and time of the interview and all the names of each person that was sleeping at midnight of 23rd August 2021, their age, sex, date of birth and relationship to the household head.

13. MODULE C: Population Characteristics, Disability & Internet
    The Population Characteristics module questionnaire includes ethnicity, place of birth, citizenship, name of clan, marital_status, religion, usual residence, residence 1 year ago and 5 years ago, disability. The module also includes a section on Communication and Internet access.

14. MODULE E: Education, Languages and Literacy
    The Education, Languages and Literacy module includes questions on school attendance and educational attainment (highest grade completed). Each Household member is asked if they can read and write in any language and whether they speak Marshallese or another language at home.

15. MODULE F: Economic activities last week
    The economic activities last week questionnaire module includes work activity, looking for work, type of work, occupation, industry, main economic activity, working on farming, fishing or animal products, place of work, employer social security payments and questions on insurance include whether the business is registered in the Marshall Islands Social Security Administration (MISSA) / Municipal Government, hours worked, activities mainly for consumption by the household

16. MODULE G: Fertility and Mortality
    The Fertility and Mortality module of the questionnaire asks females aged 12 and over a series of questions about fertility and ever giving birth, and information about their last child, those still alive and those that have died.

17. MODULE I : Housing
    The Housing module includes information on building construction and facilities including the type of living quarters, year of construction, main material of the floor roof and walls. It also includes the main sources of household drinking water, toilet facilities, household cooking fuel, main sources of lighting, waste disposal, household goods, household income sources, climate change and environment questions and a section on those household members that no longer live in the household.

18. MODULE J: Agriculture and Fishing
    Includes questions on Agricultrual and Fishing such as growing crops, fishing, raising livestock, freshwater aquaculture, marine aquaculture, collection of forestry products, production of handicrafts and hunting

19. MODULE K: FIES (Food Insecurity Experience Scale)
    Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) module is experience-based measures of household or individual food security. The FIES questions refer to the experiences of the individual respondent or of the respondent's household as a whole.

20. Manual Household location + Photo

The English questionnaire is provided as an external resource as part of this documentation.