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Interviewer

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Interviewer  (INTERVIEWER)


Persons who answer questions in a census or survey are called respondents1 or informants1. Persons who collect the information are called interviewers2, field workers2 or enumerators2, the last term being occasionally reserved for persons collecting information in a census. Enumerators generally work under the control of supervisors3 (cf, 355. 3) or inspectors3. General censuses are usually taken by the statistical departments4 of the individual countries.

  • 4. In the United States of America the office responsible for the census is called the Bureau of the Census; in England and Wales it is the General Register Office, in Scotland the General Registry Office; both are headed by a Registrar General.


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