Census is the government’s policy of collecting, analyzing, evaluating and publishing or disseminating demographic, economic and social data in relation to all persons and their settlements in the country for a specified period (usually ten years).
In other words, it is a special government-funded exercise that collects population and housing information and uses that information to assess the quality of life of Tanzanians and enables the government to plan and implement development programs with a view to improving the quality of life. its citizens.
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania plans to conduct a Population and Housing Census by August 2022. The Ministry of Finance and Planning through the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Statistician of Zanzibar (OCGS), is in the process of preparing to conduct the Census.
The Population and Housing Census is a national exercise conducted every 10 years where the last census to be held in the country is the one in 2012. Thus the Census 2022 will be the Sixth Census to be held in the country after the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964. Census others took place in 1967, 1978, 1988, 2002 and 2012.
Preparations for the Population and Housing Census are expected to take place on 23/08/2022 for all sleepers in the country on 22/08/2022 until 23/08/2022 where so far preparations have reached 80 percent.
Preparations for the Population and Housing Census are expected to take place on 23/08/2022 for all sleepers in the country on 22/08/2022 until 23/08/2022 where so far preparations have reached 80 percent.
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Questions to be Asked in the 2022 Census
The questions that will be asked will be: –
- Demographic information (age, gender, relationship, marital status, citizenship, n.k.);
- Questions about disability;
- Education Information;
- Mobility questions, as well as information on Tanzanians living abroad
- Questions about ownership of national documents (NIDA IDs, Zanzibari resident, birth certificate, passport, and driver’s license)
- Economic activities
- Land tenure and ICT information
- Maternity and Mortality Reports that occurred within the household
- Maternal mortality
- State of housing and ownership of various resources
- Agricultural and livestock issues
- Social security funds.
Differences between the 2022 Census and previous Censuses: –
In the 2022 census it is expected to have new items such as;
- Allocate geographical areas of census at the district / local level and access to statistical information at the district / local levels as well as having permanent boundaries at those levels;
- Use of tablets at all stages of census implementation with the aim of reducing costs;
- Additional questions that will enable access to more statistical information compared to the 2012 Census: –
- Demographic information (age at first marriage);
- Questions about disability (Headache, Spine Spine, Epilepsy / Epilepsy, Mbalanga / storiasis and Autism Spectrum Disorder);
- Mobility questions in accordance with IOM (International Organization of Migration) recommendations;
- Questions about ownership of national documents (NIDA IDs, small business IDs, Zanzibar resident, passport, and driver’s license);
- Improvements in questions of economic activity including the number of households in the informal sector;
- Land tenure and ICT information
- Housing statistics (list, ownership status and type of home)
- Agricultural and livestock issues
Conclusion
The expectation of the Office is to better organize itself using the limited resources available to timely complete all preparatory activities including: –
- The task of allocating census sites at the local and local level which is the basis for achieving a quality census
- Preparation of census documents;
- Establishment of task teams / units for the purpose of sharing responsibilities; and
- Conducting a pilot Census on 29 August 2021