Population - Methods and Problems of Gathering Population Data

Question 1

Name the two main methods of gathering population data.

Answer 1

censuses, and registrations / registry

Question 2

What can you tell me about censuses?

Answer 2

censuses are carried out every 10 years, and have been since 1801 in the UK.
Censuses are delivered to each household by an enumerator.
A census is a form which asks questions such as age, sex, and religion of the individuals in a household.
Completing census forms is a legal requirement
Census data is processed using IT.

Question 3

Censuses are carried out every __ years, and have been since ___ in the UK.
Census forms are delivered by an ___ to every household.
Censuses ask ___ regarding sex, age, religion, and occupation.
Censuses are a ___ requirement.
Census data is processed using __.

Answer 3

10, 1801.
enumerator.
questions.
legal.
IT.

Question 4

What can you tell me about registration?

Answer 4

Births, deaths and marriages have to be registered.
Registration usually takes place at a local service point.
Registries provide information between censuses.
NHS records provide health data.

Question 5

Births, deaths and marriages have to be ___.
Registration usually takes place at a ___ ___ ___.
Registries provide information between ___.
NHS records provide ___ data.

Answer 5

registered.
local service point.
censuses.
health.

Question 6

Name some difficulties of gathering population data in developing countries (ELDCs).

Answer 6

expensive,
time consuming,
many official languages requires translation,
low literacy rates,
size of country,
some areas are remote and have insufficient communications infrastructure,
some people are nomadic leading to inaccuracies,
remote groups of people may not trust officials,
wars and conflicts may make travelling difficult

Question 7

Gathering statistics (censuses) is very ___ and time ___.
Countries with many official languages have to ___ their forms (Nigeria has _ major languages and ___ of unofficial languages)
In ELDCs the cost of conducting a census is often ___ ___.
ELDCs typically have a low ___ rate, which means a lot of people are unable to complete the form. (Niger has a __% literacy rate for ___).

Answer 7

expensive, time consuming.
translate, (6, hundreds)
too expensive.
literacy. (15%, women)

Question 8

The __ of countries can make it difficult and expensive to conduct a census. (China has a large ___ and is ___ million km2)
Some areas are ___ and do not have sufficient communications infrastructure (The ___ has a lot of remote areas)
Some groups of people are ___, and may be difficult to track down at any one time, leading to inaccuracies. (eg in ___ Africa)
Remote groups of people may not __ officials and refuse to answer questions.
Wars and conflicts make ___ difficult and may decrease the trust in officials.

Answer 8

size, population, 9.6km2.
remote, DRC.
nomadic, Saharan Africa.
trust.
travelling