It's curtains for the 'Greatest Show on Earth'
#ILLSTARRED CENSUS GETS THUMBSUP FREE#
PETA's ridiculous quest to free the animal crackersĬouncil to vote on exotic animal entertainment ban All the information from the census is stored on an external computer that is not connected to the internet.Īfter the personal information of selected participants like Karawek and Bernstein has been collected and stored, it will be evaluated and the first results will be ready in the fall of 2012.Bailey Circus family's storied Westchester farm sells for $3.8M Gerhardt hastily reassures her that information leaks of the kind that recently struck Facebook and Sony PlayStation Network are not possible. She is worried that her information could fall into the wrong hands. She does not worry about her information being hacked.īut Karawek feels differently. When she is finished, she submits her questionnaire online. "What in heaven is a rowed house?" she asks.ĭo they mean a row house? Is her home freestanding, and is it a commercial building since there are businesses on the ground floor?īernstein checks the boxes based on intuition since she is not really sure of the right answer. The self-employed 75-year-old belongs to the 17.5 million apartment and home owners that are required to fill out the questionnaire on their own. But she is a bit perplexed as she examines the questionnaire before her. Some of the obligatory questions are a bit too personal for someĬharlotte Drews-Bernstein hopes that the census will have a practical impact when it comes to an end. "Clearly politicians want to know more about immigrants in order to possibly introduce certain programs," he speculates. However, in contrast to today, at that time there were no questions about migration background. Gerhardt has participated in the census several times in years past. "Normally the kids jump in at that point to help, but as a last resort I also have a translator," Gerhardt says. Sometimes the interviewees do not speak German well enough in order to fully answer all the questions. However, up to this point nobody has refused to let him in. The people randomly selected to participate in the census do not have to let him into their homes. Gerhardt conducts around 30 interviews a week. "When I've correctly explained everything, then people understand what it's all about and their suspicion disappears," he says with a little pride. Gerhardt is used to getting this type of questions. "Why does the state need to have such detailed information?" she asks. But again, Karawek feels uncomfortable answering questions about her profession. Instead, he continues with the questionnaire. The state is sending out officials to personally interview select citizens All the other questions are obligatory and a refusal to cooperate could result in a 700 euro ($988) fine.
The question about her worldview is the only one in the list of 46 that does not have to be answered.
Raising her eyebrow, she says she finds question seven very personal and simply refuses to answer question eight. Yet Karawek - his interviewee - seems a bit irritated by questions seven and eight, which ask about her religious identification and worldview. "They are immediately separated from the other data after the questionnaire has been concluded," Gerhardt explains in order to dispel any doubt about the safety of people's personal data. The first questions revolve around personal information. Carrying the demeanor of an upright bureaucrat, Gerhardt happily shows Karawek his identification before asking if he can come in and take a seat. Gerhardt, tasked with interviewing Karawek for the census, worked for the Regional Statistical Office for 37 years before retiring. Karawek, a personnel manager, is one of the 63,000 people in Hamburg who are required to participate in the 2011 census in the coming weeks. Dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with a brown envelope under his arm, Jens Gerhardt has arrived punctually at 1 p.m.
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