Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Inquiry (INQUIRY)

Translation
Section	English 203	Arabic 203	Czech 203	German 203	Spanish 203	French 203	Italian 203	Japanese 203	Portuguese 203	Russian 203	Chinese 203
203-1	enumeration	حصر	sčítání	Zählungsvorgang —Bestandsaufnahme	enumeración	énumération	enumerazione	実査	enumeração	Регистрация	点查
203-2	count	عد	soupis	Auszählung	recuento	comptage	conteggio	数え上げ	contagem	Подсчет	简单计数
203-3	list	قائمة	seznam	Liste	lista	liste	lista	一覧表	lista	Опросные листы	名单
203-4	inquiry —survey	مسح—استعلام	průzkum	Erhebung	encuesta	enquête	indagine	質問調査 —調査	inquérito —survey	Обследование	调查
203-5	field inquiry —field survey	مسح الميداني	terénní průzkum	Felderhebung	encuesta de terreno —encuesta en el terreno	enquête sur le terrain	indagini sul terreno —indagini sul campo	実地調査	inquérito de campo —pesquisa de campo	Обследование обходом —Обследование на месте	实地调查
203-6	personal interview	مقابلة الشخصية	osobní dotaz	direkte Befragung —Interview	interrogatorio directo	interrogatoire direct	intervista diretta	個人面接	entrevistas pessoais	Личный опрос	个别访问
203-7	postal inquiry —mailback survey	إستعلام البريدي—إبراد	poštovní průzkum	postalische Erhebung	encuestas postales —encuestas por correspondencia	enquête postale —enquête par correspondance	indagini per corrispondenza —postali	郵送調査	inquéritos postais —levantamentos por correio	Корреспондентские обследования	邮寄调查
203-8	retrospective survey	مسح الراجع	retrospektivní průzkum	retrospektive Erhebung	encuestas retrospectivas	enquête rétrospective	indagine retrospettiva	遡及的調査	survey retrospectivo —pesquisa retrospectiva	Ретроспективные обследования	回顾调查
203-9	multiround survey	مسح المتعاقب الزيارات—مسح المتعدد الزيارات	vícefázový průzkum	Longitudinalstudie —Längsschnitterhebung	encuestas de visitas repetidas —encuestas prospectivas	enquête à passages répétés —enquête à plusieurs passages	indagini longitudinali	追跡調査	survey de múltipla etapa	Многофазные обследования	多轮性调查
203-10	call back	مراجعة التالية	opakovaný průzkum	wiederholter Besuch	repetición de la visita	enquête répétée	indagine ripetuta	再訪問	retorno	Многократные попытки	再访
203-11	direct interview —canvasser method	تعداد مباشر	metoda dotazovací	direkte Zählung	empadronamiento directo —enumeración directa	recensement direct —dénombrement direct	censimento diretto	面接 —他計方式（調査員記入方式）	entrevistas diretas —método canvasser	Прямой опрос	直接询问法 —派员访问法
203-12	self-enumeration —householder method	تعداد ذاتي—تعاد	sebesčítání	Selbstausfüllung —Selbstzählung	autoempadronamiento	autorecensement	censimento con compilazione autonoma	自計（自己記入） —自計方式（世帯記入方式）	auto-enumeração —método domiciliar	Самоисчисление	自查法 —户主法
203-13	mail census	تعداد بالمراسلة	poštovní sčítání	postalische Volkszählung	censo por correspondencia	recensement par voie postale	censimento per via postale	郵送センサス	censos via postal	Перепись по почте	邮寄普查

An enumeration ¹ is any operation which is designed to yield a population total. It differs from a simple count ² in that a list ³ is generally prepared. An inquiry ⁴ or survey ⁴ on the other hand, is generally an operation which is designed to furnish information on a special subject (e.g. the labor force) and which has limited aims. A field inquiry ⁵ or field survey ⁵ is an inquiry in which information is obtained by personal interview ⁶. In postal inquiries ⁷ or mailback surveys ⁷ questionnaires (206-3) are sent out by post with a request to return them completed. A retrospective survey ⁸ focuses on past demographic events; in a multiround survey ⁹ those events that occurred since the previous survey are noted from the second round on. This type of survey should not be confused with a call back ¹⁰, a term used to describe the instance where the interviewer is obliged to make several attempts to reach a respondent. In censuses, information may be obtained by either direct interview ¹¹, or by self-enumeration ¹². In the first method, also called canvasser method ¹¹ the enumerator (204-2) notes the information provided by or about the respondents; in the second method, also called householder method ¹², the questionnaire is completed by the respondents (204-1) themselves. Self-enumeration may take the form of a mail census ¹³.