Open Access1972 Census: Population—Expected and Actual
Author(s) -
Muhammad Afzal
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v12i2pp.123-134
Subject(s) - census , geography , demographic analysis , population , population statistics , demography , distribution (mathematics) , american community survey , schedule , socioeconomics , sociology , mathematics , computer science , mathematical analysis , operating system
The information released in the Census Bulletin is limited tototal popu¬lation down to district levels and for major cities, by sex.Details about age distribution and breakup by other characteristics willbe released later. The conclusions drawn in this paper are tentative,subject to modification after details of the age-sex distribution andresults of post enumeration quality check are known. The 1972 censusdiffered from the previous ones in a number of ways. First, the censuswas carried out only in West Pakistan. Second, because of thecircumstances leading to the separation of East Pakistan, the censuswhich was due to be held in early 1971 was actually conducted in 1972,eleven years and eight months after 1961 census, instead of ten yearswhich has been the normal practice in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continentsince 1881. Third, the 1972 census was based on a schedule ofenumeration consisting of only six questions, the minimum number everasked in the census taking history of the region. These questionscovered the following information about each member of thehousehold:—