So why doesn't the government just send them out and let you answer the questions and then mail it back. Or, they could let you fill out the form on line and submit it that way. Why do we need to have warm bodies come to our neighborhoods to personally ask the questions? How much does that cost vs. the costs to mail out the forms or post an online form? Maybe the census takers are being employed in "shovel ready" jobs.
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/about_2010_census/index.html
How
The Census Bureau will mail or deliver questionnaires to your house in March 2010. We will mail a second form to households that do not respond to the initial questionnaire.
Households that still do not respond will be called or visited by a Census worker. (Census workers can be identified by a census badge and bag.)l
Get the form,
Fill it in
Post it back
Individual census takers are not going to be going around for anything other than non returners OR a small statistical sample set to match data gathered via post.
For the ones who say "THEY have no need/right etc to get this info"....All the data they want to gather is in one database or other across all the commercial and governmental spectrum.
Would you prefer to have all those databases linked up so some anonymous entity in government can trawl through your life without oversight or strong data governance controls at will ?
Hey no need for the census.....no need for any privacy....you've nothing to hide have you...?
Do you prefer clunky, kudgey and controlled or neat, tidy and Big Brother
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/about_2010_census/index.html
How
The Census Bureau will mail or deliver questionnaires to your house in March 2010. We will mail a second form to households that do not respond to the initial questionnaire.
Households that still do not respond will be called or visited by a Census worker. (Census workers can be identified by a census badge and bag.)l
Get the form,
Fill it in
Post it back
Individual census takers are not going to be going around for anything other than non returners OR a small statistical sample set to match data gathered via post.
For the ones who say "THEY have no need/right etc to get this info"....All the data they want to gather is in one database or other across all the commercial and governmental spectrum.
Would you prefer to have all those databases linked up so some anonymous entity in government can trawl through your life without oversight or strong data governance controls at will ?
Hey no need for the census.....no need for any privacy....you've nothing to hide have you...?
Do you prefer clunky, kudgey and controlled or neat, tidy and Big Brother