Census

DEFINITION 1:  A survey conducted on the full set of observation objects belonging to a given population or universe.

SOURCE:  Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database, RAMON- Eurostat, European Union.

HYPERLINK: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?

 

DEFINITION 2:  Official survey involving the whole population within a defined system. For example, a school census involves all the schools within the education system.
 

SOURCE:  UIS Glossary, UIS-UNESCO.

HYPERLINK: http://glossary.uis.unesco.org/glossary/map/terms/176

 

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