Transforming and Modernizing Population and Housing Censuses in Africa: Experiences from the 2020 Round (2015-2024)
Claire Tochel, Heather Anderson, Miguel Bernabeu, Baljean Dhillon, Malihe Javidi, Tom MacGillivray, Alice McTrusty, Jon Penny, Niall Strang, Andrew Tatham, Jordan Watson, Sam Watts · 2024
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Counting a whole country on paper is slow and error-prone, and African census offices are going digital. Claire Tochel and co-authors report on that shift across the 2020 round of censuses, in a 2024 paper. Their group helps national statistics offices swap manual systems for digital ones. Handheld devices now gather answers in the field and share results afterward.
Satellite maps and position tools build the census maps. Live dashboards track coverage and quality as counting proceeds. Software links census records to follow-up survey records on its own. Tablet sourcing and staff training round out the support. The paper gathers lessons from the round for the next one. Reliability and open access are the stated goals.
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| CREATOR | Claire Tochel, Heather Anderson, Miguel Bernabeu, Baljean Dhillon, Malihe Javidi, Tom MacGillivray, Alice McTrusty, Jon Penny, Niall Strang, Andrew Tatham, Jordan Watson, Sam Watts |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |