Difficulties Of Carrying Out Population Data Gathering In Developing Countries Flashcards
South Africa and Kenya
Large number of people living in shanty town settlements without proper addresses for forms to be sent or enumerator to visit
Sudan and DR Congo
Vast territories to cover - challenging terrain
Poor communication
Those in remote villages unaccounted for
Nigeria
500 languages spoken making it impossible to produce a form which can be read by everyone
Cannot be put into one database
All developing countries
Costs involved in printing, training enumerators, distributing forms and analysing results cannot be afforded
Burkina Faso
80% of population illiterate meaning that people require enumerators to complete forms leading to errors
Governments
People may be suspicious and unwilling to give private information to an enumerator
Provide false information
Rwanda
Difficult to collect certain information such as religion and ethnic group
People afraid of prosecution
Brazil
Tribal people migrate
Rainforest tribes may be missed out or counted twice due to their unusual nature