tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post3486484637098964702..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Do we really need the census?O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-4713500975308705172010-07-11T19:18:52.395+01:002010-07-11T19:18:52.395+01:00I found that interesting as well, family history f...I found that interesting as well, family history forgotten (or they'd hoped forgotten;))O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-9026294072422662952010-07-11T12:20:34.447+01:002010-07-11T12:20:34.447+01:00O'Neill, cheers. I was thinking of the USA in...O'Neill, cheers. I was thinking of the USA in particular after reading about how it has been going this year.<br /><br />Alwyn ap Huw that is interesting about the international obligation to hold a census, I did not know that.<br /><br />I find this debate particularly interesting because I have found the 1901/1911 Censuses of Ireland so interesting http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-28139184696883191282010-07-11T07:19:14.221+01:002010-07-11T07:19:14.221+01:00Anonymous,
Not as far as I am aware, both the US ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Not as far as I am aware, both the US and China use the census method.<br /><br />Alwyn ap Huw,<br /><br />Thats something I hadnt considered. Couple of relevant links:<br />http://tinyurl.com/3ynh2kx<br />http://tinyurl.com/32kmpsuO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-88049624043790733122010-07-11T00:40:27.548+01:002010-07-11T00:40:27.548+01:00As a means of collecting data (even of ethnic/reli...As a means of collecting data (even of ethnic/religious/national identity breakdown) the census is very much dated and inefficient. Some of the data isn't correlated and released until five years or more after the census date, by which time it is out of date. Because of this, few policy makers rely on the census for demographic information – they already use the alternatives that Mr Maude Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-48446217831878571642010-07-10T22:20:08.920+01:002010-07-10T22:20:08.920+01:00Are there any other countries that have switched f...Are there any other countries that have switched from a census to using a number of surveys?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com