Enumerator Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of an Enumerator includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Inquire about a variety of specific information including a person’s name, age, religious preference, address and state of residency.
  • Gather, record and encode information from a survey.
  • Get in touch with individuals to be interviewed in their own home or office by mail, phone, or in person.
  • Recognize and give an account of problems in obtaining data.
  • Submit completed tasks to a supervisor and discuss developments daily.
  • Review data gathered from an interview to check if they are complete and accurate.
  • Help people in filling out the questionnaires.
  • Find and record addresses and households.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Enumerator duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Enumerator roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.