He noted the cartographic exercise for the 2021 was already underway including instrument development, which would be used during the
census count.
The
census will begin next year and should end by December.
To make the Agriculture
Census 2019 a success, an enumeration area has been formed estimating 240 households on average in rural areas, 300 households in pourashava areas and 350 households in city corporation areas.
Hun Sen has also made similar calls at major events in the Kingdom recently where he highlighted that the
census is critical and the single most important source from which comprehensive and clear data can be extracted on the characteristics and living conditions of Cambodians.
The
census will include the entire population regardless of the citizenship or registration, place of residence and so on.
GOVERNMENT, in Islamabad, as well as in provinces, can plan for the future but in the absence of a
census, it will be ignorance, and not knowledge, that will drive that exercise.
The special
census won't count all households in Naperville, but only those within 58
census blocks selected by the city.
Ishaq Dar said that the last
Census was conducted in 1998 by the PML-N government and it was after a gap of almost two decades that the 6th
census is being conducted, again by the PML-N government.
He was chairing a meeting to review the
census progress along with DC Liaquat Ali, ADCG Zulqarnain, Joint
Census Commissioner Akbar Dogar and other officials concerned.
The United Nations defines
census as, "the total process of collecting, compiling and pub-lishing demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time of all persons in a country." In practice, this does not mean that every person actually is seen and interviewed but only one adult in a household provides information about all other residents (relatives and non-relatives) to questions asked by the
census enumerator.
The Corps Commander met teams engaged in
census exercise and reiterated resolve of ensuring unbiased conduct of
census, adding that all out efforts by civil, military staff are being put in to complete the
census.
The government has asked the PBS to deliver the completed data in half the time required for the
census to be completed before the next general elections in 2018.
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) governments recognize the importance of an accurate
census count because of the implications for funding and congressional representation.
