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From 'bulldog burner' to 'dung boy', Edward Higgs reveals how Britain's 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, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will count every person and household in Australia. Th...

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 both? I recall that in my school days, we used to have an expression, ‘volu-compor’ (short for vol...

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 vigorously visited her gross misinformation and ignorance of the process on the others. Her point was ...

Travelers, Homeless And Visitors In Ashanti Counted On Census Night