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UK census 2011 – the last?
Author(s) -
Miles Jack
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00456.x
Subject(s) - census , cabinet (room) , geography , genealogy , political science , history , public administration , demography , archaeology , sociology , population
In Britain, Francis Maude has described the 2011 census as “wasteful”. He is the Cabinet minister in charge of it. For the future he is examining using databases from credit check agencies, Royal Mail and councils instead of a census. Save our census, says Jack Miles – but offers an alternative to its present form.