Advisory Group Papers

This series of papers provides a comprehensive overview of the planning and conduct of the 2001 Census. Each paper provided up to date information at the time is was presented to the Advisory Groups. The recommendations or proposals in the earliest papers may not necessarily have been carried forward, so the most recent papers give the most up to date information on any topic.

• General

  Papers detailing general topics, including international census efforts and the Advisory Groups' Terms of Reference

• Statistical Development

  Advisory Group Papers covering statistical and methodological development of the 2001 Census

• Legislation

  Papers discussing issues with preparing the legislative framework for the census

• Population Bases

  Advisory Group Papers discussing the definitions and the development of the population base used for the 2001 Census

• Question Selection and Testing

  Advisory Group Papers discussing the topic of developing and testing the questions and topics for the census

• Operational/Field Procedures

  Papers discussing actions and plans for field operations

• Processing

  Advisory Group Papers detailing the plans and timetables for processing the 2001 Census

• Data Quality

  Advisory group papers discussing data quality issues

• Output

  Papers dealing with topics relating to output, including user consultation and output design