title: Which countries will follow the Scandinavian lead in taking a register-based census of population?
abstract: "During the past twenty years Scandinavian countries have made changes in the methods of taking population and housing censuses that are more fundamental than any seen since modern census methods were first introduced two hundred years ago.  These countries extract their census data in part or in whole from administrative registers.  If other countries in Western Europe were to adopt this approach, most of them would have to make major improvements to their administrative records.  But the primary reasons for making such improvements are concerned with administration and policy rather than statistics, namely, the need to secure a more effective and fairer system of public administration and to enable governments to exercise a wider range of policy options."
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003625:Data Collection; D019049:Developed Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005060:Europe; D006076:Government; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011057:Politics; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D011996:Records; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
keywords: Census; Census Methods--changes; Data Collection; Developed Countries; Europe; Government; Information; Information Processing; Northern Europe; Organization And Administration; Policy; Political Factors; Population Register; Population Statistics; Records; Research Methodology; Scandinavia