Which of the following has generally not been a problem with collection of data through a population register?
a) In Europe, the population has resisted cooperating with population registers.
b) Temporary migrations are not recorded.
c) An event such as a birth is recorded, but the date it occurred is incorrectly entered as the data of registration of the event.
d) An area has a very mobile population, and some people are never entered in the register of the area in which they reside.
Question 2
Which of the following is a reason why Chinese censuses collect vital statistics-like data on recent births by age of mother and deaths by age and sex of the decedent?
a) Chinese vital statistics collects data on births and deaths but does not record the age of the mother or the age or sex of the decedent.
b) Typically data on births and deaths beyond the total number in a year are not communicated from the Chinese vital registration office to the population statistics office.
c) Chinese population statistics officials do not trust the quality of the data collected by vital statistics.
d) The data on births by age of mother and deaths by age and sex of decedent are needed to supply denominators for age-specific fertility and mortality rates.
The New Yorker Collection 2004 Carolita Johnson from cartoonbank.com.
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