title: Optimizing census geography: the separation of collection and output geographies.
abstract: "This paper reviews the changing way in which census geography has been treated with the increasing automation of census data processing. A four-stage model of modern census geography development is presented.  In the context of this model, current practice is reviewed, and new opportunities for automated census geography design presented, culminating in a current prototype for the separation of purpose-designed data collection and output geographies. The narrative is presented primarily from a British perspective, but focuses on internationally relevant issues such as the implementation of census geography design, and the influence of census output geography on data analysis."
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authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003625:Data Collection; D019049:Developed Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Census; Census Methods; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Developed Countries; Europe; Geography; Human Geography; Information; Information Processing; Models, Theoretical; Northern Europe; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; United Kingdom