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From bulldog burner to dung boy, Edward Higgs reveals how Britains statisticians surveyed the 19th century working population

Twitter partners with ABS to support Census efforts July 30, 2021 10:35 Twitter has announced it has partnered the Australian Bureau of Statistics to launch a dedicated search prompt. The announcement: The public conversation on Twitter is never more important than during major civic events, the cornerstones of our democracy. Today, we want to provide an update on Twitter’s efforts with regard to the 2021 Australian Census. This year, Census Night is taking place on Tuesday, 10 August 2021, ...

Graphic Online Date: Jul - 03 - 2021 , 10:01 BY: By Ajoa Yeboah-Afari 705 On the face of it, the idea that anybody would demand payment before they agree to be counted in the ongoing, twin enumeration, the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC), is quite amusing. It is the sort of anecdote that generates a smile or laughter. But, on reflection, is it really humorous? Is such a demand rather not cause for serious disquiet, as it implies a state of worrying ignorance or recalcitrance – or bo...

705 At the hairdresser’s salon last Monday, I overheard a conversation on the much awaited Census Night which happened the previous night, June 27, 2021. The conversation was on the back of a lead story on the 12 noon Akan news of a local FM station. The story was on the Census Night counting the night before in some hotels, hospitals and some make-shift structures in Accra. Myths, misunderstanding As usual, wrong information, myths and misunderstanding clouded their discussion as one lady vi...

Travelers, Homeless And Visitors In Ashanti Counted On Census Night

A bonfire was lit at Nkrumah Circle to kickstart the Census Night The Ghana Statistical Service on Sunday night began enumeration of homeless households, travellers who may spend the night in a car, outdoors, hotels and patients in the hospitals. The exercise termed as “Census Night” is the reference date for census enumeration and all questions asked during enumeration will relate to that Night. Professor Samuel Kwabena Anim, the Government Statistician, announced this on Sunday night as p...

Census Night: Questions to expect, 23 days to go

  The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has dedicated the third week in June to preparatory works towards the successful conduct of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). That weeklong exercise, which will see visits from enumeration officers to allocate serial numbers to identify structures for easy enumeration, will precede Census Night (June 27), the reference time for all questions to be asked during the enumeration period (which begins the next day). Mr Daniel Ayivi, Ketu South Munic...

Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have, on behalf of the Ghana Statistical Service, given the assurance that data collected during the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will be treated with the utmost confidentiality when it is collected during the exercise on June 27.

  Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, says the outcome of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) would aid the nation to review her 2020 per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from GH¢13,000.79 to a much higher figure.  Per capita income is a measure of the amount of money earned per person in a country, while per capita income of a nation is calculated by dividing the countrys national income by its population.  Mr Ofori-Atta, who is Chairman of the National Census Steering Com...