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the list of National Certainty The questionnaire used in the
Holdings. census had two versions. The main
questionnaire (Form-2) was spreader
The procedure adopted for over 8 pages and was meant for
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selection of sample involved households reporting owned and / or
substantial calculation work. It was rented-in land. For landless
apprehended that while the design households a short . questionnaire
was . effective in reducing sampling (Form-3) was used which contained
errors, its implementation might all the questions of Form-2 except
introduce considerable non-sampling those · relating to land and crops.
errors. The use of mainframe Specimen -of Form~2 is given in
computer for the first and second Appendix-II. The questionnaires were
stage selections and working out printed in Urdu, except for Sindh
feasible sampling fractions for the where the language used was Sindhi.

third, eliminated the possibiiity of The main questionnaire (Form-2) had
introduction of any computational fourteen parts which are as under :-
errors.
Part I Identification and Status of
Total number of units and the
Holder
units selected in the first, second and
third stages are given in Appendix-I. Part ii Area and Fragmentation

CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE Part iii Land Use

Part iv Irrigation
To incorporate the requirements
of our data users, the questionnaire
Part v Fruit Trees and Area Under
used in the last census was sent to
Orchards
Federal . and Provincial Government
Departments, Research Institutes and Part vi . Non-Fruit Trees
Universities being our potential data
users for their comments and to Part vii Crops
indicate their future data requirements
Part viii Use of Manures,
to be met with from the census. The
Fertilizers and Insecticides
suggestions and comments received
on Crops
from these agencies were
consolidated and a comprehensive ·
Part ix Use of Agricultural
picture · was presented before the
Machines and Employment
Advisory Committee for its
of Casual Labour
consideration. The questionnaire,
consequently, finalized on the . basis Part x Livestock .
of the recommendations · of the
Advisory Committee was used in the Part xi · Outstanding Debt and
census. Investment for Agricultural
Purposes

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