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Population to be enumerated and place of usual residence

This article discusses the issues related to population enumeration and determining the place of usual residence, including definitions, treatment of difficult cases and special population groups.

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Population to be enumerated and place of usual residence

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  1. Population to be enumerated and place of usual residence

  2. Population to be enumerated and place of usual residence Issues: • What population(s) do you want to count? • How can you do it? What definition(s) can you use? • How to treat difficult cases and special population groups?

  3. What population(s) do you want to count? • Present population? • Usual resident population? • Service population?

  4. Total population CES Recommendations Total population = All persons who are usually resident in the country

  5. The concept of usual residence Purpose: to have a better understanding of the number and characteristics of people who actually "live" in a place/country rather than the people who are only present at the time of the census. But what do we mean by “living”?

  6. The concept of usual residence For most people this is not a problem because they do not move and the meaning of "living in one single place/country" is very clear. The problem is how to define the place of usual residence for people who move their place of living, especially those who do so frequently.

  7. The concept of usual residence There is the need to define a threshold, the minimum time a person needs to live in a place in order to be considered as their usual residence the threshold identifies how "permanent" a person needs to be in one place in order to be defined as usual resident in that place (3, 6, 12 months).

  8. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations Place of usual residence is: the place where a person has lived for a continuous period of at least 12 months before census day OR The place where a person has arrived during the 12 months before census day with the intention of staying there for at least 1 year

  9. The concept of usual residence Place of usual residence of? • Persons living in more than one residence • Persons in compulsory military service • Children who alternate between two households

  10. The concept of usual residence Place of usual residence of? • Persons working away from home during the week • Primary and secondary students away from home • Tertiary students away from home • Persons living in institutions for more than 12 months (or with the intention to stay):

  11. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations Place of usual residence of: • Persons living in more than one residence • Persons in compulsory military service • Children who alternate between two households IS the place where a person spends most of his/her daily night-rest

  12. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations Place of usual residence of: • Persons working away from home during the week • Primary and secondary students away from home IS the family home

  13. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations Place of usual residence of: • Tertiary students away from home • Persons living in institutions for more than 12 months (or with the intention to stay IS where they spend or intend to spend the majority of time (term-time address or institution)

  14. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations Why differentiate primary-secondary and tertiary students? For the different link with the family home BUT…… If the place of education is within the country, the usual residence can be the family home for all

  15. The concept of usual residence How to treat special cases? • Refugees • Asylum seekers • Illegal immigrants

  16. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations How to treat special cases? Refugees Asylum seekers Illegal immigrants The rule of the 12 months as the rest of the population!!

  17. The concept of usual residence How to treat special cases? Defense and diplomatic personnel and their family located outside the country included Foreign defense and diplomatic personnel and their family excluded

  18. The concept of usual residence CES Recommendations There are people who do not have a place of usual residence because move frequently and do not make up the 12 months rules (such as homeless) The place of usual residence of these persons is the place where they are enumerated Every person should have one and only one place of usual residence

  19. The concept of usual residence and Total Population Temporary absent persons Persons who are usually resident in the enumeration place but are absent at the time of the census for less than 12 months should be included (although provision must be made to count persons who are in households that are entirely temporarily absent) Persons who have been away or intend to be away for more than 12 months should be excluded

  20. The concept of usual residence Temporary present persons Persons who are present during the census but have lived or intend to live in the enumeration place for less than 12 months. They should NOT be enumerated as usual residents

  21. Peteristan People who live in the rest of the world Total population = Persons who “live” in the country = Persons who have usual residence in the country Persons who have links with the country (family, citizenship, …) How to distinguish persons who are part of the total population of Peteristan and the persons who have links with Peteristan and they may feel part of Peteristan? One year rule It may be artificial, but we need a rule

  22. Peteristan: at the time of the census Temporary present Temporary absent People who live in the rest of the world Total population Persons who have links with the country (family, citizenship, …)

  23. Total population The CES includes the definition based only on usual residence However, the UN Global Recommendations include other concepts of total population Present population (de facto) Service population

  24. Total population There are countries that produce different population counts Ex: Australia: de facto enumeration with a question on usual residence (they can produce usual resident population because they have a reliable system to count people who are temporary abroad) Italy produced in the last census the present population, legal residence population and the service population

  25. Population count • De facto • Person present in a country on the date and time of the census (persons are enumerated where they spent the night preceding census day) • De jure – usual residence concept • Persons are enumerated at the place of their usual residence irrespective of where the person is at the time of the census

  26. Type of enumeration • De facto • Easier to enumerate • De jure – usual residence concept • More complex to enumerate but more relevant for planning purposes UN is moving away from the terminology of de jure because it should not be linked to a legal concept

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