This chapter provides detailed instructions on how fill-out CBMS Form 8a Notice of Enumeration/Listing. This form will be used for the enumeration of households where CBMS Form 2 was utilized. CBMS Form 8a or sticker will be used to monitor and control the progress of enumeration both for ENs and the supervisors. Once a sticker or CBMS Form 8a was posted in the building or housing units, it indicates that they were already enumerated for 2023 CBMS.
11.1 Household Enumeration
After you have completed the geotagging (listing) or interview of the household, you are tasked to accomplish the CBMS Form 8a and post it in the door, gate, or in any visible spot that can be easily seen. Be guided with the following in accomplishing this form.
Before you post CBMS Form 8a in the building/housing unit, write on the line provided the following:
Enumeration Area (EA) Number – Copy the EA Number from the geographic identification portion of CBMS Form 2.
Building Serial Number (BSN) – Copy the BSN from the geographic identification portion of CBMS Form 2.
Housing Unit Serial Number (HUSN) – Copy the HUSN from the geographic identification portion of CBMS Form 2.
Household Serial Number (HSN) – Copy the HSN from the geographic identification portion of CBMS Form 2.
Date Listed/Date Enumerated – Indicate on the line provided the date when the household was listed and/or enumerated. For example, if you have successfully interviewed the household on March 18, 2023, write ‘03/18/2023.
FIGURE 11.1
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR A HOUSEHOLD
CB Indicator – Write ‘X’ in the box corresponding to ‘CB’ if the household was not enumerated during your first visit. Line out ‘X’ once the household is successfully interviewed on the next visit.
Post the sticker on a convenient and conspicuous part of the main entrance to the housing unit.
See to it that the sticker is properly posted before leaving the household. Avoid posting it on a wet, greasy/oily, or very rough surface. Make sure also that it is posted airtight to avoid water and other elements from seeping under it.
FIGURE 11.2
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR THREE HOUSEHOLDS IN ONE HOUSING UNIT
- If a housing unit is occupied by two or more households, indicate in one sticker the HSN of these households by writing the first HSN and the last HSN, separated by a hyphen. Thus, for a housing unit with three households and HSNs 0018, 0019, and 0020, simply write 0018-0020 on the line for the HSN. See Figure 11.2.
FIGURE 11.3
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR A VACANT HOUSING UNIT
- If a housing unit is occupied by “non-usual residents”, write ‘7777’ on the line provided for the HSN; ‘8888’ if it is occupied by household whose “members are excluded from the enumeration”; ‘9999’ if “vacant”; or ‘8889’ if “vacation/rest house”. See Figure 11.3.
FIGURE 11.4
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR VACANT BUILDING WITH THREE HOUSING UNITS
- If all housing units in a building are vacant, post one (1) CBMS Form 8a and indicate the range of the HUSNs on the line provided. See Figure 11.4
FIGURE 11.5
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR VACANT HOUSING UNITS IN ONE FLOOR WITH FIVE HOUSING UNITS
- If all housing units on one floor are vacant, post one (1) CBMS Form 8a and indicate the range of the HUSNs on the line provided in a place that can be easily seen. See Figure 11.5
- If housing units in a building have 1 occupied unit and 3 are vacant, post in every housing unit a CBMS Form 8a.
- If a household needs to be revisited after a failed interview during the first visit, indicate on the lines provided the EA Number, BSN, HUSN, and HSN. Then, write ‘X’ in the box for “CB” and the date the household was listed before posting the sticker. Once the household is successfully interviewed on the next visit, write the date the enumeration was completed beside the date of listing. In this case, there will be two dates indicated, one for listing and another one for enumeration. Do not forget to line out ‘X’ in the box for CB. See Figure 11.6.
FIGURE 11.6
FILLED OUT CBMS FORM 8A FOR A HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULED FOR CALLBACK AND AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CALLBACK
11.2 Supervisor’s updating of the CBMS Form 8a to record administration of CBMS Form 17
In the conduct of reinterviews by the supervisor, the reinterview indicator part (enclosed in the teal box below) of the CBMS Form 8a should be filled out. Instructions on this are discussed in the CBMS Supervisor’s Manual.