title: Complete censuses and samples.
abstract: "Complete decennial censuses are needed for small areas and other domains.  Sample surveys yield diverse and timely data.  Censuses can also be combined with samples, and sometimes with data from registers, for diverse estimates that are detailed over both space and time, and hence are timely for small domains.  Methods of 'postcensal estimates' for small domains are described.  We note uses of censuses for improving samples and of samples for improving censuses, and propose a method for cumulating data from 'rolling' (or rotating) periodic (weekly, monthly or quarterly) samples specifically designed to cover the population in detail over designed spans (annual and quinquennial)."
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003625:Data Collection; D008722:Methods; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Area Analysis; Census; Census Methods; Data Collection; Data Sources; Estimation Technics; Methodological Studies; Population Register; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; World