3 health informatio

Question 1

census

Answer 1

2021

enumeration

why:
1. denominator
2. help address inequality
3. Small area analysis
4. national and local policy and planning

timeline:
2018 white paper: help shape out future
- digital first
- Digital IA
- EIA

design and build tests: 2017,18

completed: 2021

Questions:
- household: number occupation, relations, accom type, ownership, rooms
- individual: DOB, sex, martial status, education, immigration, ethnicity, religion, language, health, work hours, sexuality, gender, qualifications, employment

Issues:
- expensive
- under- enumeriation of groups
- other alternatives better?

Alternatives:
- Use dynamic population model Vs mid year estimates
- rolling census (France sample 13% a year)
- routine data + data linkage (Scandanavia
- NHS central data, benefit, tax, housing data