An alternative view of the 2001 census and future census taking

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Redfern, Philip ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative record census; Census of population; Data protection; Demographic account; Demographic analysis; Emigration; International migration; One number census; Overcount; Personal number; Population register; Population statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342500894     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-985X.2003.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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