Please tell me we aren't going to be harassed. The addresses were chosen randomly, by computer, said Robert Asato, head of the U.S. Census Bureau's Honolulu office. Short of going to every household, the 250 precensus surveyors are given census tract lists with certain addresses marked. These are the ones chosen randomly by computer. There are no names attached to the addresses and the surveyors aren't supposed to even ask you your name, Asato said.
Confidentiality is important.
You don't have to respond, he said, but it would help to ensure that the listings are accurate and that every household will obtain a questionnaire next year. The current canvassing should wrap up by May 12. The one employee involved is a plumber who was on his break at the time you saw him, he said. He wasn't doing it on state time. Mahalo To the gentleman who stopped to assist us on the H-3 Freeway after we suffered a blowout.