Population groups

Population Group records the situation a person is in, which is usually what a donor wants counted. It appears on the registration form, as a column on the register and on the person’s Identity card.

The eight standard groups

• Citizen
• Refugee
• Internally Displaced
• Host Community
• Returnee
• Stateless
• Migrant
• Other

Adjusting the list

Population Group is one of three answer lists on the registration form that your organisation adjusts for itself, on the Registration choice lists screen in Settings. Switch off a standard group you do not use and it stops being offered on the registration form and in the import guide; records that already carry it keep it, and a spreadsheet that uses it is still accepted. Add a group of your own and it is offered wherever the standard groups are. The standard groups cannot be renamed.

Whether the field appears at all, and whether it must be answered, is set separately on the Registration Form Fields screen. Changing either list needs access to Settings.