Census day

[Desmo]

That is what we get in England for Q17. In Wales it asks if you speak Welsh. All the question numbers were left the same for everything else for consistency which is why we get the blank question.

[Kitten]

Thought so

It's just an attempt to make you feel uncomfortable, like everyone else got a question (about you) & you didnt

Still havent done it.

[lostkat]

Originally Posted by Desmo

That is what we get in England for Q17. In Wales it asks if you speak Welsh. All the question numbers were left the same for everything else for consistency which is why we get the blank question.

But I DO have someone in my house who speaks welsh!!! Boo. I wanted to be able to answer that question :-(

[Kitten]

me too!

[volospian]

Originally Posted by lostkat

But I DO have someone in my house who speaks welsh!!! Boo. I wanted to be able to answer that question :-(

They're not interested in Welshists outside of their jurisdiction though. I had a look at the Census site...

On the Wales questionnaire question 17 asks: Can you understand, speak, read or write Welsh? (select)

In Wales this information helps public bodies to understand the extent to which the Welsh language is used and, therefore, to meet their statutory duties under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It is also used for policy development and monitoring, and provides data for the allocation of grants to support the Welsh language.

This question was first asked in 1891

It's a shame not to ask about languages in general (maybe they did, the missus filled ours in) as that would give an idea of all the languages spoken, and by how many people. The Welsh Assembly are bound by law to teach Welsh, but because a lot of Welsh people move to England for their careers they don't necessarily know how well they're doing if they only ask the question in Wales.

Mind you, it seems to take them a long time to act on the info if they started asking the question over 100 years before they decided to legislate on it

[Mark]

They asked (somewhat) - Q18 - What is your main language?

What languages do you speak might have been an interesting subsidiary question, but I'm not sure it's got any governmental relevance.

[Desmo]

Still no form for us so balls to it.

[volospian]

Originally Posted by Mark

They asked (somewhat) - Q18 - What is your main language?

What languages do you speak might have been an interesting subsidiary question, but I'm not sure it's got any governmental relevance.

I suppose it depends on what they want to do with the census data. It's a great opportunity for gathering data regarding wider reaching information which could be used later for additional demographics.

[vix]

What DO they do with the data?

[Knipples]

Originally Posted by vix

What DO they do with the data?

Use it to work out who's living where, what they need and therefore central government can work out how much money they need to give to the councils. It's a headcount basically, so they know how much money to divvy out. Yer supposed to fill it in so they have accurate population data.