Catalogue description General Register Office and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: Census Division: Census Process Plans

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Details of RG 66
Reference: RG 66
Title: General Register Office and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: Census Division: Census Process Plans
Description:

Census process plans are complete sets of instructions and papers relating to the productions of census results. Process plans are produced for each census, and though they vary in format, they generally cover the same subject areas. These subject areas are: census documents (regulations, orders, specimen schedules); field planning (instructions to field staff); clerical processing (coding, quality control, processing system and flowchart, editing system); data preparation (keying instructions); computer processing (description of computer systems); glossary (source for definitions, universes); data input (processing and sample edits); data files (specifications); data stream processing (lists of files); tabulation processing (design, specification and acceptance); follow up surveys (quality checks); reports on processing work (100% and 10% processing, table acceptance).
Date: 1966-1981
Arrangement:

The census process plan is arranged in volumes to facilitate ease of reference and handling.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

General Register Office, Census Division, 1836-1970

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Census Division, 1970-1996
Physical description: 72 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Census Division maintained a master copy of the process plan, maintained the index, prepared and distributed new papers issued, papers deleted or replaced and amendments to papers, and arranged for the reproduction and distribution of the census plan.

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