Methods and problems of Afircan populations censuses and surveys 1955-1962

Abstract

At the Second Conference of African Statisticians, held in Tunis in 1961, emphasis was given to the value of inter-change amongst countries of experiences in the planning and conduct of censuses and surveys. Special, interest was expressed in the I960 World Population Census Programme and it was felt that there was need for a manual describing the problems of planning, conducting and processing population censuses as revealed by recent operations in Africa.