What is the purpose of this Unit?
How is Census data collected? An overview
Data collection in the 1991 Census
How was data collection organised?
What about the population in Communal Establishments?
What was the role of the Census Enumerator?
Delivering the Form:
Collecting forms
What happened to the completed forms?
Coding and entering data
Editing and imputation
How was the sample for the 10% coded questions selected?
Data collection and processing in the 2001 Census
What were the main changes in the way data was collected in the 2001 Census?
What was the role of enumerators?
How successful was the post-back system?
What effect did the Foot and Mouth outbreak have on data collection?
What happened to the completed forms?
What was the process for editing and imputing data?
Further reading
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