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Translated by: Nuha Yousif Date of completion: 4/6/2007 Commissioned by the University of Minnesota Population Center for the IPUMS-International initiative, Funded by the National Science Foundation of the United States of America, Grant number SES-0433654.

Population and Dwelling Census / Syria 2004 Village name / city Road name Building census number Farm name / Quarter Road number Organizing number & the name of the owner of the building Household serial number in the dwelling Household serial number in the numeration area Dwelling serial name in the enumeration area Farm or quarter number Cluster number Dwelling serial number in the record Household serial number in the record Table (1): Living quarters data For all dwelling locations (1-3) (1): Type of living quarters

1- Usual living quarters 2- Moving living quarters 3- Tent 4- Other single living quarter 5- Hotel & the like 6- An establishment 7- Camps

(2): Number of households in the living quarter at the timed period (3): Number of persons in the living quarter at the reference census period For the usual living quarters (4-5) (4): living quarter status

1- Occupied 2- Vacant 3- Under construction

(5): Type of usual living quarter 1- Villa 2- Flat in building 3- Arabian house

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4- Public house 5- Rural house 6- Agricultural house 7- Other

Usual living quarters (Occupied & Vacant) (6-12) (6): Area of living quarters (square meter) (7): Construction material of outer walls

1- Concrete 2- Cement block 3- Cement block with pillars 4- Stone 5- Mud 6- Wood 7- Other

(8): Age of living quarters (9): Type of lighting in the living quarter

1- Public electric system 2- Electric generator 3- Other

(10): The living quarters water supply system 1- Public water supply system 2- Shared watering place 3- Group well 4- Private well for the household 5- Other

(11): Type of sewerage facilities 1- Public sewerage 2- Pit 3- Open ditch 4- None

(12): Type of solid waste disposal 1- Solid waste collectors 2- In the read by nylon bags 3- In the read without nylon bags 4- In the local dump 5- Incineration in a farm or a special place

For the occupied usual living quarters (13-15) (13): Number of rooms in the living quarter (14): The household tenure of the living quarter

1- Owned 2- Rented furnished 3- Rented unfurnished 4- Other

(15): Living quarter registry 1- Legal land registry 2- Agricultural land registry 3- Notary

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4- Other For Vacant, usual living quarters (16-18) (16): Cause of vacancy

1- Seasonal vacancy 2- For rent or sale 3- Awaiting demolition or restoration 4- Recently finished 5- The household is abroad because of immigration 6- The household is abroad because of tourism 7- The household is outside the enumeration area (in anther dwelling).

(17): Duration of vacancy in months (18): Number of persons for the households abroad Table (2): Population data For all population (1-16) (1): Serial No. of household persons (2): Names of household persons that spent the night together at the reference

census time (person name, father name, family name). (3): Relation with the head of the household

1- Head of the household 2- Husband \ wife 3- Son \ daughter 4- Son \ daughter in law 5- Grand son \ granddaughter 6- Father \ mother 7- Brother \ sister 8- Other relatives 9- Non-relatives 10- Servant 11- Visitor

(4): Sex 1- Male 2- Female

(5): The date of birth (month & year) (6): Age in complete years at the reference time (7): Nationality For Syrians only (put (-) for non Syrians) (8-10) (8): Is the person records in the civil registration?

If yes (continue) If no go to question 11

The place of civil registration (9): Governorate (10): If a village note the rural word, & if a city note the city name.

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The place of the usual residence (11-16) Recent residence (11): Governorate (12): If a village, note the rural word, & if a city note the city name. Previous residence (13): Governorate (14): If a village, note the rural word, & if a city note the city name. (15): Recent residential period in years (16): Is the person holder? Yes or no. For population (5-24) year (17): School attendance

1- Recent attendance 2- Previous attendance 3- No attendance

The level & class (18): Level of education for school attendance (recent & previous)

1- Basic education 2- Secondary education (general) 3- Vocational secondary 4- Institute 5- College or University 6- Highest education

(19): Class For population 10 years & above (put (-) for the persons less than 10 years) (20-31) (20): Educational status

- Illiterate - Reads & writes - The highest certificate received (in detail)

(21): If the person worked at lest one hour during the previous week of the reference census time.

A- Wage or profit B- without wage C- If he is temporary absent from work.

Yes, go to question 26 No continue

(22): Has the person sought work during the previous four weeks of the reference census night.

1- Yes 2- No

(23): If work is available during the pervious four weeks or the letter fifteen days; are you ready to start with that work?

1- Yes, continue 2- No, go to question 25

(24): For unemployed Is the person previously employed

1- Yes, go to question 26

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2- No, go to question 32 (25): The reason the person is unwilling to work

1- Housewife 2- Student 3- Satisfied 4- Retired 5- Unable to work, go to question 32

For employed & unemployed persons that previously worked (26): Employment status

1- Self-employer with the presence of wageworkers 2- Self-employer without the presence of wageworkers 3- Employee 4- Work with the family 5- Other

(27): The nature of the work 1- Permanent 2- Temporary 3- Seasonal 4- Intermittent

(28): The place of work 1- Establishment 2- Inside the house 3- On a farm 4- Other

(29): Sector 1- Governmental 2- Private 3- Cooperative 4- Shared 5- Family 6- Domestic

(30): Main usual occupation (31): Economic activity (32): Martial status

1- Never married 2- Married 3- Divorced 4- Widowed

For all Married, divorced & widowed (33): For both sexes age at first marriage For women only (34): Number of births, born alive following marriage (male & female) (35): Number of births still alive (male & female) For women less than 50 years ages (36): The number of birth, which is still alive during previous census year (male

& female)

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Table (3): Death data Has any death occurred to any person of the household or a resident with the household during the previous 12 months? 1- Yes 2- No

1- Name 2- Sex (1 yes, 2 no) 3- Age in death time (years) 4- Date of death (month, year) 5- For women only (is death caused by pregnancy) yes or no

Table (4): Household members that face great permanent mental, physical or sensual difficulties or of six months duration or longer. 1- The serial No. of household persons 2- Name 3- Types of difficulties

1- Body movement 2- Catching things and moving them 3- Moving from one place to another 4- The ability to see 5- The ability of hearing sounds 6- The ability to speak 7- The ability to learn 8- The ability to care for one’s self 9- The ability to control one’s behavior 10- Other difficulties

4- Does the person need human or mechanical assistance to face the mentioned difficulties? (1 yes, 2 no). 5- The cause of difficulty

1- Inborn 2- Disease 3- Accident 4- Being old 5- Other causes

Table (5): The household persons abroad during census (Arab Syrian only) for six months and above 1- The serial number 2- Sex (1 male, 2 female) 3- Age in complete years 4- The highest educational level attained before migration

1- Less than primary 2- Primary

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3- Secondary 4- The highest certificate obtained in detail

5- The recent resident state 6- The year of departure 7- The cause of being abroad

1- Work 2- Study 3- Accompanying 4- Other