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{{short description|Acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population}} | {{short description|Acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population}} | ||
[[File:Volkstelling 1925 Census.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Census taker visits a family of [[ | [[File:Volkstelling 1925 Census.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Census taker visits a family of [[Itinerant groups in Europe#Indigenous Dutch Travellers|Indigenous Dutch Travellers]] living in a [[mobile home|caravan]], [[Netherlands]] 1925]] | ||
A '''census''' is the procedure of systematically enumerating, and acquiring and recording [[information]] about the members of a given [[Statistical population|population]]. This term is used mostly in connection with [[Population and housing censuses by country|national population and housing censuses]]; other common censuses include the [[census of agriculture]], and other censuses such as the traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The [[United Nations]] defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices.<ref>United Nations (2008). [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/docs/P&R_Rev2.pdf Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses]. Statistical Papers: Series M No. 67/Rev. 2. p. 8. {{ISBN|978-92-1-161505-0}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/CES_2010_Census_Recommendations_English.pdf |title=CES 2010 Census Recommendations |website=Unece.org |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref> | A '''census''' is the procedure of systematically enumerating, and acquiring and recording [[information]] about the members of a given [[Statistical population|population]]. This term is used mostly in connection with [[Population and housing censuses by country|national population and housing censuses]]; other common censuses include the [[census of agriculture]], and other censuses such as the traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The [[United Nations]] defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices.<ref>United Nations (2008). [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/docs/P&R_Rev2.pdf Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses]. Statistical Papers: Series M No. 67/Rev. 2. p. 8. {{ISBN|978-92-1-161505-0}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/CES_2010_Census_Recommendations_English.pdf |title=CES 2010 Census Recommendations |website=Unece.org |access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref> | ||