Interviewer instructions
3.15 Usual Residence
In most cases, Usual Place of Residence means the place the person being enumerated would name in reply to the question "Where do you live?" Note the following cases, however:
(i) For persons with more than one home, usual residence will be the one at which the person spends the greater part of the year. Thus, in the case of an individual who has more than one place of residence because his workplace or school is away from home, the usual residence should be that place, be it a boarding school, other residence or lodging in which at least four nights of the week on average are usually spent.
(ii) Fishermen - Fishermen away at sea are considered to have their usual place of residence in the dwelling where they live when ashore.
(iii) Seamen or crew members on a vessel which plies between Jamaica and some foreign port are considered to reside on the vessel rather than at their homes.
(iv) Air pilots are considered to have their usual place of residence in the household if they usually spend most of their off duty periods in Jamaica and they live in that dwelling for most of the time.
(v) Persons engaged in shift work or who work at nights, such as security workers are to be enumerated as members of the household of usual residence.
(vi) Farm workers away for less than six months are to be included as part of the household where they usually live. If, however, they have been abroad for six months or more or intend to be away for that period then they are not to be regarded as usual residents.
(vii) It is important to note that where a person has recently moved in with a group of persons, as long as he/she intends to make his/her home with them, that person is to be considered a member of the household.
Section 4 - Birthplace and residence
These questions are to be asked of all persons.
These questions are intended to study internal migration or the movement of people between the parishes in Jamaica. Movements apply only to those taking place between parishes and residence abroad is not regarded as a move for the purpose of studying internal migration.
5.46 Question 4.1
Refer to the instructions regarding the concept of usual residence. If the answer is "Yes" score and go to Q4.3.
[For collective households]
Questions 4.1-4.2 - Usual Residence: As discussed above, this is to be taken as the individual's home address even in the case of patients spending more than six months in Public General Hospitals. Staff members may, however, have "Usual Residence in the group dwelling."
