Censuses

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Demographic process
gptkbp:alternativeTo Population registers
Sample surveys
gptkbp:challenge gptkb:Logistics
Cost
Privacy concerns
Undercounting
gptkbp:conductedBy National governments
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
gptkbp:firstModernCensus gptkb:Sweden_1749
gptkbp:firstUSCensus 1790
gptkbp:format Aggregate statistics
Microdata (anonymized)
gptkbp:frequency Usually conducted every 10 years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Censuses
gptkbp:internationalGuidelines United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses
gptkbp:legalBasis Often mandated by law
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
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7