[LINK] iPad and Census

[Tom Worthington]

On 10/08/11 12:58, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> ... When the census collector arrived  ...

I found a 2011 Census form and four other bits of paper under my door. 
The on-line e-Census form worked reasonably well: http://www.census.gov.au/

A quick check of the eCensus web page, shows the XHTML 1.0 Transitional 
code has one validation error:

	Line 31, Column 142: there is no attribute "autocomplete"

One question this year was about use of the Internet:

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Question 59: Can the internet be accessed at this dwelling?

Include any internet service regardless of whether or not paid for by 
the household.

If more than one type of connection in dwelling, select the most 
frequently used type.

For more information, see the Census Guide or press the Information 
Button for this question. ...

() No Internet connection
() Yes, broadband connection (including ADSL, Cable, Wireless and 
Satellite connections)
() Yes, dial-up connection (including analog modem and ISDN connections)
() Other (including Internet access through mobile phones, etc)
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An amazing amount of effort goes into designing even such a simple 
looking question. I attended the 2007 ABS ICT Reference Group meeting 
where this question was discussed: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2007/11/what-will-internet-be-in-2011.html

ps: I didn't try the accessible version. My comments on the previous 
e-Census is at: http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/ecensus/


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