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Countries across the Americas are tweaking their census to better understand their population, allowing them to create more responsive policies. The US still has a ways to go.
A lack of data prevents governments and agri-food organizations from knowing what kinds of supports should be provided to reinvigorate Indigenous agricultural economies.
The share of homes owner-occupied has slipped only two percentage points since 1996, but the proportion owned outright has slid from 42% to 31%.
More than half of us are either born overseas or have a parent who was born overseas.
The census includes an increase in the number of people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, but it lacks details about other ways they may identity and how they live.
We must redress the challenges of unpaid domestic work and the mental load on women’s physical, mental and economic health and well-being.
An ongoing shift in Australia’s religious demographics is playing out in our laws. Perhaps the most obvious example is marriage equality.
Universal schemes aimed at classifying populations by ‘race’ or ‘ethnicity’ can force us into a game of competing for better positions within a racial hierarchy.
Statistics on religious affiliation in Africa are often questionable - partly because of religion’s link to ethnicity and politics.
When the Census Bureau’s count of the population is inaccurate, it affects representation and government spending. Correcting errors isn’t always allowed.
Census is a huge scientific responsibility that requires a high level of preparedness, transparency and quality assurance.
The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the invention of the punched card – and the birth of an industry.
Despite the ABS itself saying that collecting data on LGBTIQ+ communities is of ‘national importance’, these questions have been left off the census again — for no good reason.
Census 2021 is no ordinary population survey – it will lay the foundation for Australia’s post-pandemic future.
Ghana’s latest population census offers a window into the contested terrain of population statistics.
As the conversation about race and diversity becomes more common, why haven’t we updated our census to reflect that?
As the deadline looms, it’s important to understand how best to fill out the survey – and why.
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
Top contributors
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Prince George's Community College
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Director of Carolina Demography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research assistant, Monash University
