Last of the censuses? The future of small area population data
Last of the censuses? The future of small area population data
This paper assesses future population data collection in the UK with reference to international trends, which suggest a retreat from census-taking in the face of enumeration challenges and the emergence of potential administrative sources. Some of the greatest strengths and weaknesses of contemporary censuses are explicitly geographical in nature. Key requirements of a geographical base for the transition from censuses to administrative sources are examined and the need for research on appropriate definitions and address-level georeferencing identified. The design of future output geographies is considered and an assessment undertaken of the possibility of maintaining current output geography as the basis for neighbourhood-level research.
UK population census comparative review enumeration geographical referencing output area
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Martin, David
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March 2006
Martin, David
e5c52473-e9f0-4f09-b64c-fa32194b162f
Martin, David
(2006)
Last of the censuses? The future of small area population data.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 31 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1475-5661.2006.00189.x).
Abstract
This paper assesses future population data collection in the UK with reference to international trends, which suggest a retreat from census-taking in the face of enumeration challenges and the emergence of potential administrative sources. Some of the greatest strengths and weaknesses of contemporary censuses are explicitly geographical in nature. Key requirements of a geographical base for the transition from censuses to administrative sources are examined and the need for research on appropriate definitions and address-level georeferencing identified. The design of future output geographies is considered and an assessment undertaken of the possibility of maintaining current output geography as the basis for neighbourhood-level research.
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Submitted date: 26 August 2005
Published date: March 2006
Keywords:
UK population census comparative review enumeration geographical referencing output area
Organisations:
Geography & Environment, PHEW – S (Spatial analysis and modelling), Population, Health & Wellbeing (PHeW), Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis
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Local EPrints ID: 43683
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/43683
ISSN: 0020-2754
PURE UUID: 6ccbb631-fa32-47c1-9ef4-9c700fa401e7
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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:44
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