NounSingular census Plural censuses census (plural censuses)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national 'population and door to door censuses' (to be taken every 10 years according to United Nations recommendations), agriculture, and business censuses. The term itself comes from Latin: during the Roman Republic the census was a list which kept track of all adult males fit for military service. The census can be contrasted with sampling in which information is obtained only from a subset of a population. Census data is commonly used for research, business marketing, and planning as well as a base for sampling surveys. In some countries, census data is used to apportion electoral representation (sometimes controversially so - see e.g. Utah v. Evans). It is widely recognized that population and housing censuses are vital for the planning of any society. Traditional censuses are, however, becoming more costly. A rule of thumb for census costs in developing countries has been $1 USD per enumerated person. More realistic figures today are around $3 USD. These approximations should be taken with great care since a variable number of activities are included in different countries (e.g. enumerators can either be hired or requested from civil servants). The cost in developed countries is far higher. The cost for the 2000 census in the U.S. was estimated to be $4.5 billion USD, more than $15 per enumerated person. Alternative possibilities for retrieving data are being investigated. Nordic countries Denmark, Finland and Norway have for several years used administrative registers. Partial and sample censuses are used in France and Germany. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Where can I find a census on manufacturer sales? Q. I went to the U.S Bureau of the Census but was a little lost. I am making up a marketing report and I need to update some graphs. Asked by Baby S - Mon May 18 19:14:33 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. call your Census Bureau regional office and ask for the librarian, Answered by spirit dummy - Fri May 22 15:29:29 2009 A person described as a painter in two census and as a colour and oil man in an other. What sort of painter? Q. An ancestor living in Portsmouth is called a pianter in two different census and as a colour an oil man in an other. His children were noted as a shoe maker, a painter, a sailor and a coach painter. Other children not noted in the census are agricultural labourers and domestic servants. Any idea's what sort of painter this ancestor could be? I am not sure that a coach painter would describe himself as a colour and oil man. Asked by Christina B - Sun Dec 3 07:10:33 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. You're right - an oil and colourman would not necessarily be a coach painter, but there is nothing to have stopped your ancestor moving into this area. An oil and colourman would have stocked and sold paint colours and the oils to mix the paints with. There was one working in Hastings in the late 1800's (see link 1) and you can see that it was recognised occupation as it crops up in the "proceedings of The Old Bailey" (see link 2) Answered by the_lipsiot - Sun Dec 3 07:29:56 2006 Who has taken the united states census test?
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