Catalogue description General Register Office and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: Census Division: Census Process Plans
Reference: | RG 66 |
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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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