Maldives Bureau of Statistics (MBS) has issued an announcement seeking more enumerators to join the team for Census 2022.
The population census for 2022 is set to be conducted in September. MBS issued an announcement in February seeking 4,400 enumerators for the census, including 2,409 enumerators for the Greater Male’ Region and 1,991 enumerators for the atolls. The bureau revealed registration of enumerators is still ongoing, noting another 1,826 enumerators are needed for the Greater Male’ Region and 269 enumerators for the atolls.
The national body for statistics revealed one-week training programmes will be conducted for enumerators before conducting the census. The programmes will be conducted during July and August in the islands, and during August and September in Male’.
MBS stated enumerators will receive a daily allowance for every day they work or undergo training. As such, enumerators will receive a daily allowance of USD32 for every work day and USD6.5 for every training day.
The population census is a count of all individuals and household units across the country. During the census, data will be collected on the income and living conditions of the public. The last census in the Maldives was conducted in 2014.