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QNo FEB., lW� �lO FFICIAL GAZETTE LEGAL JUYANA No I of 1991.

REGULATIONS Made Under THE ST A TCSTICS ACT (Cap.

19:09) NDER SECTION 15 OF THE STATISTICS ACT AND BY VIRTUE AND IN EXERCISE OF ALL OTHER POWERS ENABLING ME IN THAT BEHALF, I HEREBY MAKE THE FOLLOWING REGULAT10N5:- l.These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics (Popula-citation.

n and Housing Census) 1991.

Regulations 2.
In these Regulations - rnter;>Te­ tatlon, (a) "census" means the census (Population directed and Housing to be taken by the Census) Order Statistics 1991; (b)"census day" means the 12th May, 1991; (c)"census informa�ion" means any informatio n for the making of true and accurate entries necessary in a census form; (d)"census nighf' means the period of time between fdur O' clock in the afternoon night of that dav; of census day and mid­ (e)"en erc1 1 n ,rict'' int, hi h Gt na is divided means any on� of the districts under regulation 6: 2ND FEB., 1991 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE LEGAL SUPPLEMENT - B g (e)by the officer lock-up all persons those places; in charge of every prison, or other place of detention with respect night on the premises pblice station.
to of wh'O pass census (f)by the officer or other person appointed for the por­ made between Force.
the Director pose in pursuance 'or arrangements the Statistician and the Chief of the S�aff of Lhe Guy­ General ana Defence of the Guy­ true Commandant of the ana National Service and Guyana People's Militia to the Guyana Defence belonging National ;1···vlre rec;11ectiv,,1y_ night in any of their barracks, or premises; and anv other person who passes stati'on with re,pect Force, and the Guvana People's -to all persons the Guyana Militia census or other (g)by ithe master of eV1�ry ship or boat described respect 3 (b) and (c) with gulation pass census night aboard that ship or boat.
to all persons in re­ ""ho 5.The particulars to be furnished on the taking of the census shall be as follows - Particulars to be given.

(a)in 11espect of every person - the name, relationshi!l ethnicity.

sex, age, religion, of effect type of disability, or infirmity, on activities, where last lived, ,to head \)f household, disability, disability place of birth, and vocational train­ dence, educational attainment inP.
mode of travel (exter­ nal); in what area handicapped usual place of r�i­ to school and migrati\)n (b)in respect c,f every person fifteen years and over - main activity engaged months worked ctatlls, union status, the past twelve months.

the past week, job last held, type ·of work look'!d n-mber of hours worked during the past rnartitial in during the past twelve months, d•1rino during for t'.

:ital week, main occupation on tourism.

of pres'!nt workplace.


and address and income: travel to work typr of business economic of job name main mode ot last week, dependence done at workplace.

situatidn (c)in res!


'l"OL of all females school fifteen to sixtv-five vears not the age of - number of live births, attending mother at the birth of the first live born child, age of mother at birth of last liv,e nun1her live births children durinrr la£t twelve months, and number of babies born child, sex or child/ died: 10 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE LEGAL SUPPLEMENT - 2ND FEB., B 1991 (d) in resp.
:ct land tenure, dwelling house - the ,type of o.,ter materials was built, and Jcitchcn ycar dwelling lighting of every private tenancy.

1:1atcriahs of dwelling, walls, water supply, facilities, radio, n 1mh·•r mg sets and telephone; of bcdronms.

toilet for roo,tng, and facilities.

main type oi fuel used, number of rooms, television, video record­ (e)'Such information may consider or authorised as the Statistician of Lhe for the purpose necessary officer census.

Enumer,.

tlon dls­ trlcts.


6.The Statistician shall divide Guyana into enumeration of census.

dis­ tricts for the p..irpJSes 7.The Stati�tician may appoint Appoint· ment c,f co-ordina­ tors, super­ visors and enumerators.
(a)C'1-nrc1i 1atC'lrs to 1s�i·: and to co-ordinate t in •the t··aining census activities in the field; of census staff (b) supcrvis'ors vis� enumerators a supervisor enumeration to as:U in th� training in the execution may be appointed districts; duties and of ,their for one or more of.

and to supcr­ (c)enumerators to coJlect census information and an enumerator tion districts.

may be as-:,ign�d to one or more enumera­ Made •this 28th day of January, 1991.
W. A. L. H, Parris, Deputy Prime Minister, Planning and Development.

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