{"id":15355,"date":"2022-04-22T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=15355"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:30:58","slug":"census-2022-online-questionnaire-completion-now-available-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=15355","title":{"rendered":"Census 2022 online questionnaire completion now available."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEDIA STATEMENT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21 April 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Census 2022 online questionnaire completion now available.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statistics South Africa reopens online self-enumeration until the end of April 2022. Households that are not counted can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/getcounted.statssa.gov.za\/#!\/home\">https:\/\/getcounted.statssa.gov.za\/#!\/home<\/a> and fill in their name, surname, and cellphone number. After successfully registering, an OTP will be shared which will give access to the census questionnaire. Once the questionnaire is completed, households will get a reference number which they should keep in a safe place for when they are visited by a census fieldworker, or during the Post-Enumeration Survey, which is a quality check for the census project.<\/p>\n<p>Data collection challenges, particularly in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, which was heavily impacted by the recent extreme weather conditions, led to the decision to extend the census mop-up period to the end of April. All provinces will be able to take advantage of the extended period to ensure that they count as many households as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA is calling on all households to ensure that they get counted in the 2022 Census, either online or by a fieldworker. \u201cThe country\u2019s socio-economic dynamics have changed a lot since the last census was conducted in 2011. Government and business need accurate information in order to plan, and the census is the only source of population and housing data at a local level. The more people who participate, the more accurate the data,\u201d said Project Director Calvin Molongoana. \u201cIt is critical that every household participates in the census, and makes sure that they get counted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA is appealing to all who live within the borders of South Africa, irrespective of their status, to do the right thing and be counted. The Statistics Act (Act 6 of 1999) and the Protection of Personal Information Act (Act 4 of 2013) complement each other in ensuring that all data collected by Statistics SA remains confidential. Data on an individual cannot be shared with any other agency; any data released by Stats SA is aggregated and confidentialised to ensure anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Ends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For media inquiries contact: <\/strong>Trevor Oosterwyk, Cell: 082 908 9104, Email: <a href=\"mailto:trevoro@statssa.gov.za\">trevoro@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA STATEMENT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21 April 2022 Census 2022 online questionnaire completion now available. Statistics South Africa reopens online self-enumeration until the end of April 2022. Households that are not counted can go to https:\/\/getcounted.statssa.gov.za\/#!\/home and fill in their name, surname, and cellphone number. After successfully registering, an OTP will be shared which will give access&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=15355\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15356,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions\/15356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}