2011 census underway in Czech Republic
Baku, March 14 (AZERTAC). The “Census of People, Homes and Apartments” is underway in the Czech Republic and is expected to produce a great deal of valuable data which cannot be effectively determined in any other way. The census will begin at the stroke of midnight between the 25th and 26th of March.
Specially trained Roma assistants will be heading into the field together with census commissioners. Since September 2010, the Office of the Czech Government has been working with the Czech Statistical Bureau through the office of the Inter-ministerial Commission on Roma Minority Affairs on an information strategy to support the participation of socially excluded Roma people in the census.
A toll-free phone line on the census has been in operation since 26 February. Operators advise people on all questions concerning the census, from filling out the forms, to verifying the authenticity of the census commissioner. They also advise on how to complete the form online. Call center operators speak English as well as Czech and 45 of them will be available during peak hours. The service is being provided to the Czech Statistical Bureau by the Czech Post Office.
Census in the Czech Republic is carried out every 10 years by the Czech Statistical Office. The last census was taken in 2001. Earlier censuses were taken in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980 and 1991.
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