The Census...

I had my form filled in virtually within a day or two of it arriving but I dislike some of the questions as I think I made clear in my earlier blog entry. Some questions are silly, some are intrusive and some you cannot answer properly as to do so you really could do with a box when you are able put more details to explain your answer but the format and reason for a census is for statistics and therefore to make it easier for a computer to scan or however the information is compiled they prefer/like questions that mainly require a tick to represent a yes/no answer.

£480Million for this survey...and they admit the information will be out of date very quickly.

I discovered that the National Health Service have an annual survey of their own where they take a certian amount of the population and ask about income, health, housing conditions and many other social concerns and as it is a yearly survey the statistics are more accurate and shows where money needs to be spent, it appears that survey and the money available for it is to be stopped.

I think given the two the survey compiled by/for the NHS is more valuable and less expensive.

And there is still confusion as to how the census for 2011 should be filled in...