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What is the census and why does it matter?
Every ten years, millions of people in England and Wales complete the Census. But why does it matter? Who uses the data, and how does it shape policy decisions on healthcare, education, and local services?
In this episode of the Connecting Society podcast, Mark Green talks to Jennet Woolford from the Office for National Statistics about what the Census is, why it has been run for over 200 years, and how Census 2031 is being planned. Discover how the Census uses administrative data, what surprised researchers in the 2001 and 2021 results, and whether the Census will still exist in its current…
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