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ACS

Legendary Member
On line 10 mins or so
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Much as I love census's (old ones for my family history) ... I hate forms ... and just started it and I'm stuck ... where... on question 1.... I have ticked the first and second boxes but can't work out what to put for a foreign visitor... help ... ok worked out they don't normally live here :blush: (yes I am thick ... is there a question for that?) ... so I can move on to the next question ... that's why I hate filling in forms... in case I misinterpret the wording. Going to see if I can progress further now :biggrin: .
 

Biscuit

Legendary Member
Did it...but. Cos the damn thing is so large had to fold it in half to get it in the post box slot thingy. Then it got jammed in the u bend bit at the top. Not in or out. So I forced it in as best I could and left the f**ker. Bet the postie is cursing trying to get that out. Been there all morning since 7:30. Box not emptied till 4pm.
 

Deb13b

New Member
Location
Co. Durham
Posted mine this morning but made the mistake of letting my OH fill it in. As my occupation description he put "sells fish and chips at extortionate prices" SIGH. you would think I would know by now....
 

jnb

Veteran
Location
In a corner
Just filled it in.

There are some questions on there which are meaningless tosh. For example how good is your health? that's entirely subjective! whose standard do we use? Or how good is your command of english, do I put a truthful answer for my son, which would make him look like a cretin, lie which is simpler, or add an explanatory note to the effect that he's only a toddler so how good do you expect it to be, which is the most useful answer but will just break the scanning.

There are also contradictory answers, for example do you have five or more 'o' levels / 1 A level. Well yes I have five or more 'o' levels I also have more than one 'a' level so if I tick that box I lie about my 'a' levels, if I don't tick the box I lie about the 'o' levels.
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Now I'm stuck over whose name should go first mine or hubby's ... me cos I'm filling it in or him because he is the nominal head of the household. And feeling sorry for my daughter as I have to fill in that she has no qualifications ... which is untrue as she has 1 GCSE that she took last year early, and will have a whole bunch by the end of the summer. I keep wanting to put down explanations. I don't care about it from the governments point of view but more from someone viewing it in 100 years time.
 

jnb

Veteran
Location
In a corner
Now I'm stuck over whose name should go first mine or hubby's ... me cos I'm filling it in or him because he is the nominal head of the household. And feeling sorry for my daughter as I have to fill in that she has no qualifications ... which is untrue as she has 1 GCSE that she took last year early, and will have a whole bunch by the end of the summer. I keep wanting to put down explanations. I don't care about it from the governments point of view but more from someone viewing it in 100 years time.

Then add an explanatory note. There's enough blank space at the foot of the page to do so, even if it will only be seen by historians in a century
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Then add an explanatory note. There's enough blank space at the foot of the page to do so, even if it will only be seen by historians in a century

Can't add explanatory marks on the on-line version.... :sad:
 

srw

It's a bit more complicated than that...
There are also contradictory answers, for example do you have five or more 'o' levels / 1 A level. Well yes I have five or more 'o' levels I also have more than one 'a' level so if I tick that box I lie about my 'a' levels, if I don't tick the box I lie about the 'o' levels.

On that question you're specifically asked to tick all the boxes that apply - and the box applies if you have at least one of the qualifications in the list.
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
Can't add explanatory marks on the on-line version.... :sad:

Put a little post-it note at the bottom of the screen
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jnb

Veteran
Location
In a corner
On that question you're specifically asked to tick all the boxes that apply - and the box applies if you have at least one of the qualifications in the list.

Ahh but there is also an answer later on which explicity says 2 or more 'A' level, so we're back to lying whatever combination of answers I give.
 

thomas

the tank engine
Location
Woking/Norwich
Did it...but. Cos the damn thing is so large had to fold it in half to get it in the post box slot thingy. Then it got jammed in the u bend bit at the top. Not in or out. So I forced it in as best I could and left the f**ker. Bet the postie is cursing trying to get that out. Been there all morning since 7:30. Box not emptied till 4pm.

haha...same happened here!
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
There are some questions on there which are meaningless tosh. For example how good is your health? that's entirely subjective! whose standard do we use? Or how good is your command of english, do I put a truthful answer for my son, which would make him look like a cretin, lie which is simpler, or add an explanatory note to the effect that he's only a toddler so how good do you expect it to be, which is the most useful answer but will just break the scanning.

My sister wants to put 'English' as her older son's language, and add a footnote about how his nursery keyworker says he's got a very advanced vocabulary for his age.... (nearly 4)

Not done mine yet. I was under the impression that it was tomorrow... :blush:

I'll do it now, online I think.
 
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