Wednesday 10 September 2003, 2pm, Conference Centre.
It's Scotland's Census - and Wales' and Northern Ireland's too!
Jennifer Boag, Falkirk Council
Most discussions on current UK Census issues concentrate on the position in England, naturally, given that England accounts for almost 84 per cent of the total population which the 2001 Census counted. However, there are considerable differences between the Censuses in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in particular Scotland and Northern Ireland. Devolution seems set to increase this difference if there is another Census in 2011.
The aim of this paper would be to look at the differences between the Censuses in terms of organisation, planning, questions, geography and output. The implications for users of the Census results will be explored. Lessons can undoubtedly be learned by each country from the experiences of the others.
Users in England in particular need to be more aware of the differences among the four countries.
Email: jenny.boag@falkirk.gov.uk
2000 Population and Housing Census: Mongolia
Gereltuya Altankhuyag, University of Southampton
(The author worked as a deputy of the Bureau of Population Census and Survey of the National Statistical Office of Mongolia and was one of the managers of the 2000 Population and Housing Censuses.)
It is historically recorded that population censuses were conducted in Mongolia in the 12th century during the Chingis Khan period. Periodic censuses were taken in the past 200 years and the results factually recorded. However, these censuses were not conducted in a regular and systematic way. The first 20th century Mongolian census was conducted in 1918. The following censuses were conducted in 1935, 1944, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1979, 1989 and 2000.
The 2000 population and housing census of Mongolia differed from earlier censuses in many ways. As the first to be conducted during the transitional period to a market economy, it reflected a changing emphasis in the demand for economic and social data. Many new concepts and methodologies were introduced. The 2000 census was based largely on United Nations principles and recommendations for conducting censuses and thus, meeting global standards, could be thought of as the first truly modern census to be conducted in the country.
This paper aims to outline new concepts and methodologies that were used in the 2000 Mongolian censuses. Further, it introduces some specific results from the censuses, for instance, migration and economic characteristics including employment status. At the end of the paper, drawbacks of the census organisation or things learnt during the census undertaking will be discussed.
Email: ngbb@socsci.soton.ac.uk