difficulties collecting population data

Question 1

low literacy rates

Answer 1

a country with low literacy rates means people can’t complete the forms which unintentionally leads to inaccuracy

Question 2

conflict

Answer 2

can be too dangerous for enumerators to enter

data might be quickly outdated due to high death and migration rates

Question 3

false statements

Answer 3

people who are illegal immigrants are unlikely to complete a census for fear of deportation, leading to inaccurate data

Question 4

cost

Answer 4

undertaking a census is very expensive

in developing countries, there may be higher priorities for spending (eg. housing)

Question 5

migration

Answer 5

rapid rural to urban migration can make it difficult to gather accurate population data

Question 6

language

Answer 6

countries with many official languages have to translate their census forms

have to employ enumerators who can speak multiple languages (eg. Nigeria has 6 major languages and 100s of unofficial languages)

Question 7

no permanent adress

Answer 7

many people living in developing countries may be in informal housing and so have no official address (eg. favelas in Rio)

Question 8

size of population

Answer 8

a country with a huge population means the sheer size of some population make it too difficult to conduct a census (eg. India and China have population of 1.4 billion respectively)

Question 9

inaccessibility

Answer 9

means some areas very difficult to reach within the time frame.

For example, Indonesia has many islands spread over a large area

Question 10

9 difficulties collecting population data

Answer 10

• conflict
• inaccessibility
• cost
• size of country
• no permanent address
• low literacy rates
• false statements
• migration
• language