census taking
Official head count
Census taking is the process of conducting an official count of a population, typically gathering demographic information such as age, occupation, and household composition.
Governments undertake census taking at regular intervals—often every ten years—to inform policy decisions, allocate resources, and apportion political representation: Census taking in remote areas presents unique logistical challenges.
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- population countEnumeration of inhabitants
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- door to doorVisiting each residence sequentially
official count · household · head of household · questionnaire · fill out forms · doorstep · clipboard · demographics · demographic data · tally · counting · statistician · residence · data · canvassing · forms · decennial · registrar
census takingsampling
Extracting subset for study
random sampling · poll · survey · spot check · straw poll
census takingsampling
Extracting subset for study
random sampling · polling · estimation · extrapolation · case studies
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