population

Question 1

methods of data collection

Answer 1

census
civil registration
national, EU, global surveys

Question 2

what are census’

Answer 2

census’ are questionares that collect information on every memeber of the popluation. they are a legal requirement and if not completed can lead to a £1000 fine.ONS are responsible for them in england and wales and then GROS are responsible for the distrubution in scotland and work under the NRS. these questionarres are handed out once every 10 years, and are a range of questions used to determine living conditions and lifestyle and provides data such as age, gender, ethnicity and income.

Question 3

what are civil registrations

Answer 3

used as a population demographic is constantly changing and is used to gather vital statistic on birth, death and marriage. it provides limited statistics however it is up to date

Question 4

what are national, EU and global surveys

Answer 4

these are collected by different organistaion:
uk;
general househould survey is annual and provides info on houses in the uk
YouGov; online platform which gives info on population data
Uk border agency; provides info on migration

EU; eurostar to collect date

Global;
population register in norway and sweden
UN statistical divisoon gives info on social and economic data

Question 5

other sources of data

Answer 5

schools and colleges provide info on those in education

police provide crime rates

local governements give dta on building development and copuncil projects

Question 6

why does the governement collect data

Answer 6

to forecast trends and form policies based on data

asses the success of current work

allocate resources and funds to councils

Question 7

why does governement collect data - births

Answer 7

to plan maternity care and education services by location and it may also provide evidence for a population policy ( one child policy in china)

Question 7

why does governement collect data - education

Answer 7

to show literacy levels and assess success

Question 8

why does governement collect data - health

Answer 8

to allocate services and resources where needed

Question 9

why does governement collect data - housing

Answer 9

to ensure criteria is met and that infastructure is adequate

Question 10

why does governement collect data - ethnicity

Answer 10

to uncover racial inequality and tackle it

Question 11

why does governement collect data - age

Answer 11

to tell if population is ageing so governement can make plans for pensions

Question 12

why does governement collect data - benefits

Answer 12

calculate money needed and determine there validity

Question 13

problems with data collection - expensive

Answer 13

in 2011 the cencus cost £482 million. they are also expensive to store so now they are destroyed straight after and the pub licity needed for the cencus is also very expensive

Question 14

problems with data collection - people needed

Answer 14

there are over 70,000 people needed to get a cencus out to the population, may not be enough people to give it out

Question 15

problems with data collection - time

Answer 15

by the time the data is collected it may already be out of date

Question 16

problems with data collection - privacy

Answer 16

some say it intrudes on peoples privacy

Question 17

problems with data collection -hard to count everyone

Answer 17

due to ;
people being on holiday
homelessness
illegal immigrants
travellers
students away from home

Question 18

problems with data collection- language barriers

Answer 18

enumerators have to translate forms into multiple different langauges, could be more expensive and take more time e.g in nigeria there are 6 different languages so would have to be translated into all 6

Question 19

problems with data collection- literacy levels

Answer 19

in countries with lower literacy levels they may not be able to complete forms or will make more mistakes leading to inaccurate data

Question 20

problems with data collection- popluation size

Answer 20

in places such as china with a large population it may be harder to distribute the census

Question 21

problems with data collection- accesbility

Answer 21

in countries where there is less infastructure and different terrain , the amazon rainforest ,it may be harder to distribute the census

Question 22

problems with data collection- war

Answer 22

more difficult for enumerators to hand out census and data can be out of date by time it gets back

Question 23

problems with data collection- migration

Answer 23

causes data to become outdated quickly

Question 24

problems with data collection- deportation

Answer 24

those in the country illegally are less likley to fill our census in fear of deportation which causes inaccurate data on population

Question 25

problems with data collection- ethnic tensions

Answer 25

can lead to innacuray in data, northern nigearia inflated populaiton to secure increased political represntation

Question 26

population structure - developing country

Answer 26

pyramid shaped, narrow apex, wide base, tapers rapidly

Question 27

why does a developing country have a pyramidal structure