SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Life Table, Indirection, Stillbirth
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According to coale, the first series of modern censuses taken at regular intervals of no more than. 10 years was begun by sweden in 1750; decennial enumerations were begin in the us in 1790 and in france and england in 1800. A modern census provides a complete account of a country"s population at a point in time, including its size and geographic distribution as well as its demographic and ses characteristics. Snapshot" of the population a statistical portrait of a country and its people at one point in time. In order to achieve standard set of practices that would make it easier to compare census data across countries, the united nations proposed a number of guidelines for population counting including: 1. Census should be based on individual response to predetermined questions regarding specific demographic data including age, sex, marital status and a wide array of secondary traits (eg. education, occupation, income: 2. 3 general criteria used by census authorities: 1.
