IMPORTANCE AND

APPLICATION OF
ASSESSMENT
MARKERS &
STICKERS
LISTING OF BASIC UNITS FOR
ENUMERATION

During the enumeration, you will use Census of Population & Housing (CPH)
Form 1 or LISTING BOOKLET use to systematically list the basic units for
enumeration such as buildings, housing units, households, and Institutional
Living Quarters (ILQs), and to record the population of each household and
ILQ in your assigned area.
LISTING RECORD
The order of listing is by rows. This is important because each
row represents a basic unit to be listed such as a building,
housing unit, and household or institution for each EA. If you
follow the listing procedures correctly, you will see that the
assignment of serial numbers for a building, housing unit,
household, and institution is sequential, except when there are
households or institutions for callback. Entries in CPH Form 1
should also correspond to the entries written in CPH Form 2,
CPH Form 3 or CPH Form 4.
Column 1 – Day of Visit/Callback Indicator
The first row of each line is allotted for the day of visit for listing. The circle on
the second row, meanwhile, serves as an indicator whether the listed
household/institution was successfully interviewed or not. For the day of visit,
write the two-digit code of the day on the first row. This code shall be written in
every line number accomplished. For example, the 17th day of May is coded as
“17”. To mark the end of enumeration for an EA, write “00” on the first row
immediately after the last line number accomplished. For the callback indicator
on the second row of column 1, enter an “x” mark for a household or institution
listed that is not yet successfully interviewed or is set for an interview
appointment/callback, or appointment for pick-up of questionnaires with SAQ
instruction. Otherwise, leave the circle blank.
Column 2 – Building Serial Number (BSN)
As you come across a building, observe and determine whether it is one of
those types of buildings that should be listed. If it is to be listed, assign a
unique BSN. Assign four-digit BSNs consecutively, that is, BSN 0001 to
the first building you list, 0002 to the second building, 0003 to the third
building, and so on, up to the last building listed in your EA.
For a large institutional population occupying two or more buildings, assign
a BSN to each building. Write the beginning BSN on the first row and the
ending BSN on the second row.
Column 3 – Housing Unit Serial Number (HUSN)
Assign HUSN 0001 to the first housing unit that you encounter, 0002 to
the second, 0003 to the third, and so on, up to the last housing unit in your
area. Remember that a building may contain one or more housing units. If
the first building that you encounter has only one housing unit, the BSN
and the HUSN should be the same. They will start to differ once you
encounter a building that has two or more housing units. Note that for
every line number, two rows are allotted in the column for HUSN. For a
building with a single housing unit, write the HUSN on the first row.
Otherwise, if there are more than one housing unit in a building, write the
beginning HUSN on the first row and the ending HUSN on the second
row.
Column 4 – Household Serial Number (HSN)
Assign a unique four-digit HSN for each of the household that you list. The
first household that you list will be assigned HSN 0001, the second 0002, the
third 0003, and so on. There are special HSNs which will be assigned in the
following cases:
7777 – assigned to a household to indicate that it is occupying a housing unit
which is not their usual place of residence, as in the case of a household
occupying the housing unit for convenience in going to work or school.
8888 – assigned to a household to indicate that the members such as foreign
diplomats, are excluded from enumeration.
8889 – assigned to a household to indicate that the housing unit is only used as
a vacation/rest house. In this case, the household has a usual place of residence
somewhere else.
9999 – assigned to a vacant housing unit, that is, no household is occupying
the housing unit. Since HUSN and HSN are only for households, ILQs will not
be assigned HUSN and HSN, therefore, leave Columns 3 and 4 blank.
Column 5 – Institutional Serial Number (ISN)
Assign a unique four-digit ISN to each ILQ listed. The first ILQ should
have a serial number of 0001, the second 0002, and so on. Take note that
when you assign an ISN in Column 5 for an ILQ listed, Columns 3 and 4
should be left blank. If an ILQ is in operation but at the time of listing, no
residents qualify for listing, you still have to list it and provide an ISN.
This will be provided with CPH Form 4, with the geographic
identification already filled out and with appropriate remarks on page
4D. An example of this may be a dormitory without any resident during
the listing.
Column 6 – Name of Household Head or Name/Type of Institution
and Address
In this column, the first row is allotted for the name of the household
head or the name or type of the ILQ, and the following notations:
VBLDG if HSN is 9999, VHU if HSN is 9999, NUR if HSN is 7777,
and VRH if HSN is 8889. The second row in Column 6 is for the
household/ILQ address.
The head of the household is an adult person, male or female, who is
responsible for the organization and care of the household, or who is
regarded as such by the members of the household. Write on the first
row of Column 6 the name of the head of the household being
enumerated. Write the surname first, followed by a comma and then
the first name and middle initial, if given.
For an ILQ, enter the name of the institution, such as the hotel,
dormitory, and others. If the institution has no official name, enter the
name of the person or the entity that manages it and the type of
institution, as in the following examples:
 Cristina Reyes’ Boarding House
 Hospicio de San Jose Orphanage
 Manila City Jail
 National Center for Mental Health
 Davao Penal Colony Enter the building or house number and the
street or sitio name on the second row of Column 6.
However, if there is no house number, enter only the street name, or
sitio name or common name by which the area is known (for instance,
Sitio Pook Dagohoy, Krus na Ligas, Arko ni Lukas, and the like). If
the address of several households are the same, put in the remarks
portion some permanent landmarks that will aid in locating the
households (for example near church, near the elementary school, and
others).
Columns 7, 8, and 9 – Population Count
Ask the respondent the total number of males and females in the
household or in the ILQ and enter the number in Columns 8 and 9,
respectively. Add the number of males and females and write the total
number in Column 7. Leave these columns blank for households/ILQs
scheduled for callback. If a building or housing unit is vacant or if an
ILQ has no institutional population during the listing, leave Columns 7,
8, and 9 blank. On the other hand, if all members of the household/ILQ
are males or females, write “0” in Column 8 or 9, as the case may be.
The number of males and females in Columns 8 and 9, respectively,
when summed, should be equal to the total population count in Column
7. In Column 7, a circle provided for institutional population indicator is
located below the line. Put a check mark (“”) in this circle to mean that
the population count refers to an institutional population. However, put a
check “” mark in this column only if the institution is successfully
interviewed.
Column 10 – Remark/s
Use this portion to indicate the date and time of your appointment for
callback to the household/ILQ, and any important remarks which may
be useful to your supervisors. Examples: Suppose you visited a
household on May 17, 2010 and there was no responsible member to
interview, write in this column the date of callback you indicated in
CPH Form 9 (Appointment Slip to Household/Institutional Population
Respondent) so that you would remember your appointment with the
household. For example, if you indicated “May 18, 8:00 a.m.” as the
date and time of callback in CPH Form 9, you have to write “APPT.
05/18 and 8:00 a.m.” in Column 10. If upon your return to the
household there is still no responsible member, schedule another
appointment and record this in the remarks portion. If you are still
unsuccessful on your third visit, write “STILL NOT AROUND:
REFER TO TS”.
Suppose you visited another household on May 17, 2010 and the
household refused to be interviewed, write “REFUSAL” in this column
of CPH Form 1. If after three visits the household still refused to be
interviewed write “REFUSAL: FOR REFERRAL TO TS. If an interview
of the same household is made on May 20, 2010 with the assistance of
the barangay chairperson, enter “C-05/29: Interview OK (with Bgy.
Chairperson)”. For successful callbacks, enter the date the interview was
completed, preceded by a “C” to differentiate it from the appointment
date. For example “C-05/19” means that the callback was successfully
done on May 19. If you have distributed CPH Form 7 together with CPH
Form 2 to the head or any adult household member, write “SAQ c/o your
name”, or CPH Form 8 together with CPH Form 4 to the manager or
head of an institutional living quarter, write “c/o TS” if your TS will be
the one to collect the questionnaire. If you yourself conducted the
interview and accomplished CPH Form 4, write the institutional
population count and write “c/o (your name)”.
COMMUNITY-
BASED
MONITORING
SYSTEM (CBMS)
STICKER
CP Form 6 - Notice of Listing/Enumeration
This form is a sticker. After listing and interviewing a household
or ILQ, this sticker is posted in a very conspicuous place,
preferably in front of the house or at the gate of the building.
This form is use for control and monitoring purposes as its
presence indicates that a particular housing unit or ILQ had
already been listed/interviewed.