Meaning of Census:
it includes the total
process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and
disseminating statistical data regarding the population and housing and their
geographical location. Population characteristics include demographic, social
and economic data and are provided as of a particular date (reference period).
Census is important
because it lies in its being an integrated picture of society in a given time
within numerous, multiple and continuous changes, which cannot be defined
through other data collecting methods. The census provides a suitable database
for comparisons and projections of demographic data as well as social and
economic characteristics of society.
Meaning of Human
Development:
is the process of
enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being.
It is about the real freedom ordinary people have to decide who to be, what to
do, and how to live. It is the capacity of a state to increase its human
resource with the aim of achieving higher outcome of production for the
satisfaction of the basic needs of majority of its citizens and empowering them
to make demands on the government.
There are various
factors that can be considered as determining human development which are
social infrastructure, industrialization, population density, economic growth,
government expenditure, and inequality in income distribution.
Census and Human
Development are to be related according to their benefits and uses in the
society that are;
Development planning
purposes:
The census provides
essential data pertaining to demographic, social and economic characteristics
of the population and housing which can be used for planning at all levels and
lead to human development by planning how to utilize the available resources
according to the number of the people to the location.
Estimation of levels
and variations in population and housing characteristics:
The census data
identifies summary levels and standards as well as changes in the demographic
and dwellings characteristics, the availability of basic necessities, neglected
areas, and other National priorities, help the government and all users of this
data to make plan on human development.
Estimating sources of
labor force:
The census is
considered to be the main source of information related to the size of labor
force and its characteristics, as well as other aspects related to the
education and training, both present and expected levels, and national policies
needed in this field. So, according to those information obtained will help in
Human development because there will be known the real number of skilled and
unskilled labour and lead to the improvement to those unskilled labor.
Identifying the role of
women and their economic and social standing:
Recent decades
witnessed an increasing attention to the role of women in society. This matter
has become a central issue. Governments all over the world are interested in
collecting statistics on women for designing programs and identifying policies
needed for improving and up grading their role, as well as their social and
economic standing in the society.
Learning about special
population groups:
There is an increasing
concern in regard to specific population groups e.g. children, youth, elderly
persons, disabled… etc. Indicators about these groups help in designing
programs and policies which serve their interests. Example by proving basic
needs like food, shelters and clothes and other human wants.
Use for research
purposes:
Population and housing
census data provide a rich source of information for carrying out demographic,
social and economic surveys. This improves the human development example by
building schools, hospital etc to those places that have no hat important
services to the society.
Use for economic
purposes: Economic decision-making relies on scientific facts
and the Census provides facts and actual data.
Census data will
identify a comprehensive frame for all active:
Establishments, and a
base for an economic census/survey which will follow the census e.g. annual
economic surveys associated with the national accounts estimates also it is
important to make human development by the government.
Therefore, census and
human development are related widely and it look to be applied at the same time
in the society. Also census information are helpful in human development
because it provides basic data for all sectors in the country (education,
health, population, etc.) with a view to contributing to the formulation,
monitoring and evaluation of plans related to the provision of services needed
by the Tanzania society.
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