Coverage of the Great Britain census of population and housing
Simpson, S.N.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A 157(3): 313-316
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0964-1998 PMID: 12159130 Document Number: 287831
The extent of the undercount in the 1991 U.K. census and its consequences are described. The author notes that "the 1.2 million non-response, the difference between the published census figure and the final population estimate, is concentrated among young adults aged 20-34 years, particularly males, but includes significant numbers of young children and of very elderly people (80 years old and older)." Ways to reduce the level of non-response in future censuses are discussed.