Pilot census starts from today – Stats bureau

The Bureau of Statistics is conducting its Pilot Census from today until May 24 and is urging the public to cooperate with its enumerators as it prepares for the 2012 Population and Housing Census.

The Population and Housing Census is one of the largest national exercises and is conducted every ten years. In a press release, Chief Statistician/Census Officer Lennox Benjamin said enumerators/census-takers visit every household across the country to administer questionnaires that collect social and economic information and data on the population. “It is an extremely important exercise and it is every citizen’s duty to cooperate according to the laws of Guyana, as the