The regional office of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA 11) is asking the help of barangay officials to assist and ensure the safety of the enumerators conducting the 2020 census on population and housing in their respective barangays which commenced on Wednesday (September 2, 2020).
“All enumerators are advised that on the first hour of the census-taking they should coordinate with the barangay officials and their purpose in the barangay. During the courtesy call they will ask if there are areas in the barangay na Covid-19 positive, determine the peace and order in the said barangay. Naa ko’y enumerator sa miaging census-taking nga gikulata,” said Pepito Amoyen, officer-in-charge of PSA 11 in a virtual presser on Wednesday.
Amoyen said enumerators are also advised to coordinate with the leaders in the Indigenous People (IP) communities.
“Kay naa pud ko’y enumerator nga gi-pana during the census. Pag-pangutana ngano gi-pana nga naglakaw lang man tong enumerator, ang tubag kay gisulayan lang daw niya kung maigo. Mao na kinahanglan nato assistance coming from barangay officials much more to IP leaders nga dapat makipag-tambayayong sila ug mutabang para successful ang conduct sa census,” Amoyen said.
For barangays under lockdowns due to Covid-19, Amoyen said enumerators are advised not to conduct the census-taking in these areas to ensure their safety.
“When the area under lockdown is already cleared that is the time we could let our enumerators push through the census taking,” he said.
Enumerators will observe distancing and wear face masks and face shields while conducting data collection.
Amoyen said there are about 5,792 enumerators hired in Davao Region and of these 942 were assigned in Davao de Oro, 977 in Davao del Norte; 3,104 in Davao del Sur (including Davao City), 277 in Davao Occidental and 492 in Davao Oriental.
He said there are 185 census area supervisors (CAS) hired in Region 11 wherein 38 of these were hired for Davao de Oro, 39 for Davao del Norte, 79 for Davao del Sur, 11 for Davao Occidental, and 18 for Davao Oriental. There are 1,144 team supervisors, who will lead a team composed of four or five enumerators and of these 188 team supervisors were hired for Davao de Oro, 196 for Davao del Norte, 620 for Davao del Sur, 51 for Davao Occidental, and 89 for Davao Oriental.
PSA said all the enumerators underwent training on the proper way of collecting data and it aims to complete the census within this month.
