Census Question To Work On From Prelim Flashcards

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Carried Out

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2009 census rehearsal

Government sponsored surveys of population and social trends

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Areas of accurate data used alongside censuses

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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

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Difficulties of conducting censuses in developing countries

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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

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Between censuses there is

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Compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages by the general register office
Home office records any changes from emigration and immigration

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