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Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses

Explore the latest census trends and challenges around the world, including population growth, immigration policies, urbanization, and data collection methods. Gain insights into emerging issues, such as globalization, public trust, and census design in diverse contexts.

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Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses

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  1. Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses Critical Issues to be Addressed

  2. Population growth heading for 100-year low (6 Sept. 2004, The Netherlands) Singapore to review immigration policies to up population numbers (3 September 2004) 2001 Census Shows 90 % Live in ‘Urban’ Areas (June 2004, UK, census results) U.S. Census Test Criticised (18 June 2004) One million foreign citizens have arrived in just over ten years (19 June 2004, Italy Censuses in the News: Emerging issues Globalization Broader groups of constituents ethnically, linguistically, etc. New data demands and alternative designs Problems of public trust

  3. Population change influences census topics to be addressed:Fertility Decline, International Migration, Population Aging, Human functioning and Disability Japan India

  4. Countries in Difficult Circumstances

  5. HIV/AIDS/Causes of death questions Counting nationals in other countries (Afghan refugees' census with Pakistan) (18 Aug. 18, 2004 ) Satellite census begins for E Timor (11 July 2004) Mortality as a census topic International migration & Refugees Minimum national dataset Use of IT/Satellites Approaches to censuses in countries having difficult circumstances

  6. What to do for countries where censuses were not conducted? • Choose low tech IT? • Allow non-statistical demands on census activities/Census lite? • Increase the value of censuses? • External funding?

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