Handbook on census management for population and housing censuses

The handbook is a reference document on management aspects of conducting a population and housing census, providing guidelines for developing a structure, planning processes, and designing control and monitoring processes. It covers the census cycle from planning to dissemination and is useful for those planning surveys.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 408 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: United Nations

The handbook serves as a comprehensive reference document on the management aspects of conducting a population and housing census. It provides guidelines primarily for traditional field enumeration-based population and housing censuses. The primary objectives of this publication are to offer guidance to countries on developing an effective structure to manage census planning and operational processes, as well as to plan all the necessary steps involved in establishing a census. Additionally, it aims to design control and monitoring processes to ensure the successful execution of the census.

Furthermore, the handbook is valuable to individuals and organizations involved in planning surveys, as it provides a detailed description of the entire process of collecting, processing, and disseminating data. The structure of the handbook closely follows the census cycle, with the initial chapters focusing on management aspects related to the planning and preparatory stages. Subsequent chapters delve into the operational stages, including pre-enumeration activities, field operations, processing, dissemination of census results, evaluation, and documentation and archiving.

By providing a detailed and structured approach to census management, this handbook aims to assist countries in achieving accurate and reliable population and housing statistics that are essential for informed decision-making and policy development.

Dimension: 280 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789211616224
Edition number: Revision 2