Statements (51)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Demographic process
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gptkbp:alternativeTo |
Population registers
Sample surveys |
gptkbp:challenge |
gptkb:Logistics
Cost Privacy concerns Undercounting |
gptkbp:conductedBy |
National governments
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gptkbp:dataCollected |
gptkb:language
gptkb:Ethnicity Education occupation Sex Age Housing Marital status Mail-in forms Online forms Disability status Migration status Population size Administrative records Interviewer-administered Self-enumeration Telephone interviews |
gptkbp:dataConfidentiality |
Protected by law in many countries
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gptkbp:firstModernCensus |
gptkb:Sweden_1749
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gptkbp:firstUSCensus |
1790
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gptkbp:format |
Aggregate statistics
Microdata (anonymized) |
gptkbp:frequency |
Usually conducted every 10 years
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Censuses
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gptkbp:internationalGuidelines |
United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses
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gptkbp:legalBasis |
Often mandated by law
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gptkbp:notableExample |
gptkb:Canadian_Census
census UK Census Chinese Census Indian Census |
gptkbp:publishedBy |
International organizations
National statistical offices |
gptkbp:purpose |
Allocate resources
Collect population data Inform government policy |
gptkbp:usedFor |
Academic research
Urban planning Economic planning Electoral districting Public health planning |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Title_13,_United_States_Code
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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