Challenges to the census: international trends and a need to consider public health benefits

Wilson, Robin Taylor; Hasanali, Stephanie Howe; Sheikh, Munir A.; Cramer, Shirley; Weinberg, Gene B.; Firth, Alison; Weiss, Stanley H.; Soskolne, Colin L.

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.015

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“…However, to be consistent with the previous editions, some queries should form the unchangeable core of the questionnaire, and the remaining ones, as e.g. Wilson et al (2017) point out, can be modified or extended. Notwithstanding, Esteve and Sobek (2003) call for the standardisation of censuses, as harmonising the core of the questionnaire which addresses socio-economic issues will ensure the comparability of data between countries.…”

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The 2021 National Census in Poland – addressing the challenges of a digital census

Kubiczek

Hadasik

2022

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician

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The article aims to present the implementation of the national census carried out in Poland in 2021 as a process, with particular attention devoted to the challenges that national censuses pose for official statistics. The paper also focuses on how the organiser of the census – Statistics Poland – addressed the problems reported during the survey. The significance of the census results as a source of information was also discussed. The research was based on a case study, which allowed an in-depth analysis of the census process. The results of the analysis show that the problems which occurred in the National Population and Housing Census 2021 were similar to those identified in the previous editions of the survey, such as questions relating to sensitive information and the potential ways in which the answers to this type of queries could be further processed. What is more, maintaining the digital (electronic) form of the census (the paper forms were abandoned in favour of the digital form in 2011) and the introduction of the Internet-based self-enumeration as the primary form of the survey, applicable to all its participants, created additional challenges, related to some respondents’ lack of digital skills or limited access to the Internet. Statistics Poland offered a variety of forms of contact with the society and addressed Internet users’ questions on an ongoing basis, mainly through information campaigns, which included using social media, and by directly responding to Facebook users’ comments. The conducted analysis provides a useful insight as to how reliable data could be collected in a census, particularly with the use of the Internet.

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The 2021 National Census in Poland – addressing the challenges of a digital census

Kubiczek

Hadasik

2022

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician

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“…Other sensitive points regarding Census data are changes in the questionnaires from one Census to other and trends to cut or severely hamper Census and public health information that has occurred internationally [35]. Thus, when one chooses several variables whose meaning expresses the intended "dimension" and lets the principal component analysis point out which is the most important to explain it, the "dimension" in the two or more censuses can be compared.…”

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GeoSES: A socioeconomic index for health and social research in Brazil

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The individual's socioeconomic conditions are the most relevant to predict the quality of someone's health. However, such information is not usually found in medical records, making studies in the area difficult. Therefore, it is common to use composite indices that characterize a region socioeconomically, such as the Human Development Index (HDI). The main advantage of the HDI is its understanding and adoption on a global scale. However, its applicability is limited for health studies since its longevity dimension presents mathematical redundancy in regression models. Here we introduce the GeoSES, a composite index that summarizes the main dimensions of the Brazilian socioeconomic context for research purposes. We created the index from the 2010 Brazilian Census, whose variables selection was guided by theoretical references for health studies. The proposed index incorporates seven socioeconomic dimensions:

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“…We use the individual-level Census 2013 data to create dichotomous indicators of whether a person has a partner (intimate or de facto or marital); whether a person is currently studying (in a full-time or a part-time basis); however smaller in size than the corresponding Table 4 estimate. This may be potentially due to low response rates among vulnerable groups with lower socio-economic background and higher prevalence of crime (see Wilson et al, 2017).…”

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The Devil is in the Details: Identifying the Unbiased Link between Access to Alcohol and Criminal Behavior

Dasgupta

Erwin²,

Plum

2020

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Challenges to the census: international trends and a need to consider public health benefits

Cited by 7 publications

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The 2021 National Census in Poland – addressing the challenges of a digital census

The 2021 National Census in Poland – addressing the challenges of a digital census

GeoSES: A socioeconomic index for health and social research in Brazil

The Devil is in the Details: Identifying the Unbiased Link between Access to Alcohol and Criminal Behavior

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