WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1976.
FASTER RESULTS FOR BY-CENSUS
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SELECTION OF ENUMERATORS FOR THE THE COMING BY-CENSUS HAS CONCENTRATED ON QUALITY RATHER THAN QUANTITY.
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THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATIS
R. BENJAMIN MOK, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ENUMERATORS ENGAGED FOR THE 1976 BY-CENSUS WILL FACILITATE THE COLLECTION OF MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION, AS BETTER QUALIFIED CANDIDATES COULD BE SELECTED AND A MORE INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE DESIGNED.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A LIONS CLUB OF THE PEAK LUNCHEON YEETING HELD AT THE MANDAR IN HOTEL.
MR. MOK SAID THAT ONLY 2,150 ENUMERATORS WOULD BE EMPLOYED AS THE 1976 BY-CENSUS COVERS ONLY 10 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION. HE RECALLED THAT THE 1971 FULL CENSUS INVOLVED 18,000 ENUMERATORS, AND POINTED OUT THAT THE HEAVY REDUCTION IN FIELD STAFF FOR THE LY-CENSUS WOULD LOWER THE COST AS WELL AS SHORTEN THE TIME REQUIRED FOR COMPUTER DATA PROCESSING.
+ IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO RELEASE THE CENSUS INFORMATION HALF A YEAR EARLIER THAN THAT OF A FULL-SCALE CENSUS. THE INITIAL OVERALL POPULATION ESTIMATE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ABOUT MID-CCTOBER, AND THE MORE DETAILED RESULTS IN MID-JULY 1977,+ HE ADDED.
+FOR THE SAME REASON, IT IS POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE IN THE EY-CENSUS MORE DETAILED BUT USEFUL CENSUS QUESTIONS WHICH WILL NOT BE ASKED IN A FULL CENSUS, SUCH AS QUESTIONS ON TECHNICAL CR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, FIELD OF TRAINING, INTERNAL MOVEMENT AND HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION,+
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THE COMING BY-CENSUS. SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FROM JULY 30 TO AUGUST 8, WOULD INVOLVÉ ABOUT 100,000 HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH HAD BEEN SELECTED AT RANDOM, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT RESULTS WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POPULATION AT LARGE, SAMPLING WAS AIDED BY REFERENCE TO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, HOUSING AND OTHER RELEVANT CRITERIA.
+WITH THE HELP OF THE COMPUTER, DATA OF THE 1971 CENSUS WERE RE-TABULATED ON A SAMPLE BASIS TO ASSESS THE PRECISION THAT CAN BE OBTAINED IN A SAMPLE OF A CERTAIN SIZE. IT IS EASED OV THESE ANALYSES THAT WE DECIDED TO TAKE A SAMPLE OF 10 PER CENT FOR THE BY-CENSUS,+ HE EXPLAINED.
BESIDES UP-DATING INFORMATION ON THE DEMCGRAPHIC, ECONCHIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1974, THIS YEAR'S BY-CENSUS WOULD ALSO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING DATA ON SOME OTHER IMPORTANT SUBJECTS SUCH AS LABOUR FORCE UTILIZATION AND POPULATION INTERNAL MOVEMENTS, ON WHICH SYSTEMATIC INFORMATION IS STILL LACKING.
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