1.   The arrival of the census form routinely sparks a bad-tempered debate about intrusiveness and unreasonable authority.

2.   And he strongly doubted that his mother would indicate he lived with her, if she bothered to fill out a census form at all.

3.   Because census forms are sent to every address in the country, those with two residences receive two.

4.   A new Census Bureau study released Thursday has again determined that few people would opt to describe themselves as multiracial if given the chance on the census form.

5.   About half of those indicated they were white and some other race not listed on the census form.

6.   All answers on census forms are kept confidential.

7.   But Census officials defended their work, saying that each decade the census form reflects the changing face of America.

8.   But the census forms are confidential and not used for determining residency status, even for illegal immigrants who are counted.

9.   But when the census form arrives, fill it out honestly.

10.   Census forms have no provision for dual-state residency, though that is how a growing number of Americans live, especially retirees.