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Census 2000: Planning for the 2000 Round of Population and Housing Censuses

Report Number IPC/96-1

Introduction

Planners and decision makers worldwide face a common problem: the lack of high-quality and timely statistics to identify needs; measure trends; establish goals, priorities, and policies; guide program design and funding; monitor implementation; and evaluate results. Censuses of population and housing and integrated intercensal survey programs are vital to meeting those information needs.

Population and Housing Censuses are the backbone of National Statistical Systems. They provide essential data for apportioning political representation, for national and sectoral planning, for allocating resources, for locating roads and other infrastructure, and for guiding the marketing and distribution efforts of private enterprise. They provide basic data on the size, composition, location, socioeconomic status, and change over time of the population. Data from a population census can be used for improving housing, schools, medical care, and employment. Censuses are also essential for developing sampling frames for a variety of surveys.

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