Census Question To Work On From Prelim Flashcards
Carried Out
2009 census rehearsal
Government sponsored surveys of population and social trends
Areas of accurate data used alongside censuses
Population numbers in order to calculate grants for local authorities
Health - To know the age and socio-economic make up of the population to allocate health and social services resources
Housing - Need for new housing
Employment - Government and businesses to plan jobs and training policies
Transport - To identify where there is pressure on transport systems and for planning of roads and public transport
Ethnic Group - Evaluating the extent and nature of disadvantage in UK
Difficulties of conducting censuses in developing countries
Countries suffering from a continuing war situation - Afghanistan
Illegal immigrants wish to avoid detection - Mexicans in Southern California
Cost involved in carrying out a census too much for printing and distributing forms
Indonesia - Size mans that many islands are spread out over a large area
China’s one child policy means that many female births go unrecorded - suspicion
Countries with large numbers of migrants rural - urban migration into shanty towns
Low levels of literacy and a variety of languages spoken
Poor communication links such as in the mountain regions of Bolivia
Between censuses there is
Compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages by the general register office
Home office records any changes from emigration and immigration