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census

vr.tr.census · INF.MED

Let an agent explain censuses and how they are conducted, relay census results from official sources, describe methods, confidentiality and debates, and support historical and genealogical use of census records.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain censuses and how they are conducted, relay census results from official sources, describe methods, confidentiality and debates, and support historical and genealogical use of census records.

A systematic enumeration of a population or of other units such as households, businesses, agriculture or manufacturing at a point in time, conducted by governments to count people and collect characteristics such as age, sex, housing, language and occupation, as in national population censuses from Sweden and Brunei to China and censuses of regions such as the Basque Autonomous Community; census data underpin representation, planning and statistics, and censuses are governed by statistical law and confidentiality rules.

What it is for: Systematic population counts.

It can be explain censuses and methods; relay official results; describe confidentiality and debates; support historical use.

Distinguishing features

Complete count

Periodic

Legally mandated

Confidential

What it looks like

Not physical; questionnaires, registers and published tables.

How it is recognised

Complete enumeration at a point in time

Population, housing, business or agriculture

A survey samples; a register is continuous

Related models

is a kind of - category

data set

is a kind of - category

source of information

is related to - persons enumerated

natural person

is related to - a population counted by census

Canadians

In practice

Families and kinds

population and housing censuses

register-based censuses

economic and manufacturing censuses

agricultural censuses

historical censuses

Standards and regulation

United Nations principles and recommendations for censuses

National statistics and census laws

Confidentiality and data protection rules

Failure modes and hazards

Undercounts of hard-to-reach groups

Misuse of data

Politicised questions or results

Also called

census in Swedencensus in BruneiCensus in the Basque Autonomous CommunityMississippi CensusNational Population Census of the People's Republic of ChinaCensus of ManufactureLithuanian censusshūmon aratamecensus in FinlandCensus of Israelcensus in HondurasNew York state censusesNew Jersey state censusesPopulation census of GreeceIraq censusUnited States censuscensus in Nicaraguacensus in Costa Ricacensus in Uruguaycensus in Sierra LeoneCensus of Indiacensus in NamibiaCenso General de Población y Viviendacensus in Tuvalupopulation countSoviet censuscensus in Argentinacensus in the Ottoman EmpireCensus in Burmahearth taxcensus in Malaysiacensus in GermanyCensus in Austriacensus in St. HelenaPopulation census of MoroccoCensus in Nepalcensus in RomaniaCyprus censusCensus in Francepopulation census in Hong Kong

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a census is.

Statistics.

Concept

Concept and methods.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is a census, how do traditional, register-based and combined methods differ, and what is asked? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific census? action

Uses

Uses of census data.

Uses

Uses.

  1. How are census data used for representation, funding, planning and research? provenance
  2. Which entry fits electoral apportionment? action
Results Census results.

Practice.

Lookup

Finding results.

Lookup

Lookup.

  1. What did the latest census of this country or region report, according to the statistical office? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the statistical office? action

Quality

Quality and undercount.

Quality

Quality.

  1. How accurate are census counts, and how are undercounts measured and adjusted? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary
Participate Taking part and confidentiality.

Law.

Duty

Participation.

Duty

Participation.

  1. Is census participation mandatory here, and how are questionnaires completed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the current census? action

Confidentiality

Confidentiality.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality.

  1. How are census data protected, and what debates exist about questions on ethnicity, religion or citizenship, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and genealogy.

Context.

History

History of censuses.

History

History.

  1. How did censuses develop from ancient enumerations to modern statistical systems? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Genealogy

Historical census records.

Genealogy

Genealogy.

  1. How are historical census records used in genealogy and history, and when are they released? provenance
  2. Which entry fits genealogy? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each national census be a separate entry?
  • How should statistical offices be linked?
  • How should historical archives be linked?
Draft as JSON