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GOVERNMENT will be embarking on a National Population and Housing census that will be conducted with the aim of providing a total review and assessment of the full profile of the country’s population and building stock at a specific point of time.
It will provide detailed information on Guyana’s population by gender, region, households, institution, location, ethnicity, economic activity and education, labour force among other socio-economic characteristics.
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According to the Bureau of Statistics’ website, Guyana with the rest of CARICOM has started preparations for the 2010 round of population and housing censuses. The last population census was conducted in September 2002.
Since then, many changes have taken place; such as changes in the population age and sex structure, level of employment and unemployment and the average annual number of births and deaths which impact on the demand for social services, the Bureau of Statistics said.
Census 2002 was part of the global round of Censuses, and an integral part of the regionally coordinated round of Censuses under the aegis of the CARICOM Secretariat.
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The 2010 round spans the period 2005-2014 and as is traditional; the CARICOM group will execute their censuses in the year which is halfway within the period defined as the 2010 round.
The census will be conducted on July 30, 2010 by the Bureau of Statistics. On Census day, enumerators (Census takers) travel to every area of Guyana to conduct interviews.
